Future of Police Reform Will Be Forged at the City and County Level
By Lorena González In the final entry in the series, “Waking Up in Trump’s America,” Seattle Councilmember…
Trump Has the Keys to the Surveillance State, but CA Has a Long History of Changing the Locks
By Anna Porto When Donald Trump takes the oath of office later today, he will inherit an…
Justice Watch: Governor’s Budget Proposal; Court Overturns Grand Jury Prohibition in Police Shootings
ACLU on Gov.’s Budget Proposal: Off to Good Start to Protect California’s Most Vulnerable The governor’s proposed…
Trump and Sessions: Great for the Private Prison Industry, Terrible for Civil Rights
by Carl Takei & Katie Egan Donald Trump’s victory has been nothing but good news for the…
Justice Watch: A Lot of Finger Pointing out of Chicago
Last night, 60 Minutes had a segment called “Crisis in Chicago.” The crisis is real – in…
Affordable Housing Is a Civil Right
by Novella Coleman Envision Transform Build – East Palo Alto, a coalition of community groups, recently announced…
California Legislature Takes Immediate Action to Protect Immigrant Communities
(From Press Release) – During today’s start of the 2017-2018 legislative session, the California State Assembly and…
Money Bail: Freedom and Justice Out of Reach for Far Too Many Californians
By Margaret Dooley-Sammuli Today, Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) and Senator Bob Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) announced plans to…
Legal Immigrant Held For 18 Months with No Bail Hearing
By Arnold Giammarco One Saturday afternoon in 2011, my wife and daughter were out, and I was…
Should Juries Disregard Testimony of Police Who Fail to Turn On Cameras?
by Matthew Segal Courts should empower juries to devalue or disregard police testimony when officers fail to…
Flag Burning is Free Speech
By Lee Rowland President-elect Donald J. Trump tweeted that anyone who burns a flag should be jailed…
Would Proposed Targeting of Muslims Would Be Unconstitutional?
By David Cole As a candidate, Donald Trump notoriously called for a ban on the entrance of…
Police Use of Excessive Force at Standing Rock
By Jamil Dakwar In a 4-minute SoundCloud interview with the Indigenous Environmental Network, Angela Bibens describes the…
Surveillance State Keys Turned Over to New President
By Ashley Gorski and Patrick Toomey On January 20, President Obama will hand Donald Trump the keys…
Immigrants’ Rights in America: Know Them
By Andrés Dae Keun Kwon and Julia Harumi Mass Donald Trump’s campaign promises and his victory last…
Justice Watch: Nominees Raise Civil Rights Concerns
Thirty years ago, the Senate rejected a bid by Jeff Sessions to become a federal judge. Now…
ACLU Files Suit Demanding Accountability In California Execution Protocols
(From Press Release) — The ACLU of Northern California and the law firm of Covington & Burling…
Progressives: It’s Go Time
By Jeff Adachi It’s been less than a week since our nation’s massive political earthquake, and we’re…
A New Dawn for Hate?
By Heather L. Weaver This morning, in Ogden, Utah, Aaron Feller McFarland and his husband, Nik McFarland,…
Innocent until proven guilty? Not in California
By Margaret Dooley-Sammuli As its name suggests, California’s cash bail system is all about the money. It…
