Emergency Hearing on the Muslim Ban from International Human Rights Body
By Joshua Manson The ACLU, joined by more than 40 other groups, is taking the fight against…
Muslim Ban a Simple Matter of Perspective?
By Hina Shamsi Last week, I was flying home from a work trip and faced Customs and…
A Cautionary Tale of AB 60 in the New Immigration World
Yesterday’s column on the door being open to much broader actions on deportation contained an interesting anecdotal…
Racial Disparities in Student Arrests Is an Epidemic
By Sarah Hinger Black students make up 15.5 percent of school enrollment nationwide but a staggering 33.4…
California Students Barred from Traveling, Sue Trump over Muslim Ban
ACLU Suit Challenges Government Attempt to Ban Immigrants and Revoke Valid Visas (From Press Release) – Three…
Concerns Rise over Discrimination against LGBT People
Discrimination Under the Guise of ‘Religious Freedom’ Is Still Discrimination, President Trump By Ian Thompson Following press…
Monday Morning Thoughts: If It’s Chaos We Wanted…
Yesterday my wife flew from LAX to the Sacramento airport – she stepped through history on the…
Trump’s Unconstitutional Program of Anti-Muslim Discrimination
By Cecilia Wang In 1939, the German ocean liner St. Louis and its 937 passengers, almost all…
Judge Blocks Trump’s Executive Order on Refugees
In President Trump’s First Week, ACLU Hands Him First Stinging Rebuke By Anthony D. Romero This is…
Justice Watch: Responses to Trump on Muslim Policies and Immigration Ban
League of California Cities, National League of Cities and U.S. Conference of Mayors, Concerned with Provisions that…
ACLU of California Responses to Trump’s Discriminatory Executive Orders
Organization vows to fight measures throughout the state, calls on state policymakers to stand firm in their…
DAPL Threatens Indian Rights and the Drinking Water of 18 Million People
By Stephen Pevar President Trump’s executive order Tuesday has an impressive-sounding title: “Expediting Environmental Reviews and Approvals…
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…