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…
Decriminalize Personal Drug Use and Possession
By Tess Borden Police arrest more people for drug possession than any other crime in America. Every…
Court Finds Running is Reasonable Response to Police Harassment and Racial Profiling
By Jeffery Robinson In 2004, University of Virginia football player Marquis Weeks returned a kickoff 100 yards…
Governor Signs Historic Bill to Rein in Asset Forfeiture Abuse
SB 443 protects vulnerable Californians from having police permanently take and keep their property without a conviction…
Governor Signs Bill That Will Prevent Wrongful Convictions
In a move that could be a game-changer for many wrongfully convicted individuals, on Wednesday Governor Jerry…
Competing Measures for the Death Penalty on Collision Course
A recent survey from the Field Poll and IGA (Improper Governmental Activity) at UC Berkeley found that…
California is One Signature Away From Reining in Policing for Profit
by Mica Doctoroff and Kanya Bennett It may come as a surprise, but throughout the country, police…
State of Emergency with Peaceful Oil Pipeline Protesters
by Jennifer Cook When Native American tribes joined forces to peacefully protest an oil pipeline, the governor…
FCC Needs to Stop Secret Discriminatory Stingray Surveillance
by Nathan Freed Wessler For years, state and local police departments across the country have been using…
What Happens When Milwaukee Police Forcibly Arrest a State Rep and an ACLU Organizer?
By Emilio De Torre Last night in the Sherman Park area, Milwaukee police officers in riot gear…
When Police Body Cameras Aren’t the Answer
by Peter Bibring and Catherine Wagner Earlier this month, a too familiar tragedy unfolded in East Los Angeles when…
Bill to Reduce Asset Forfeiture Arrives on Governor’s Desk
If signed, SB 443 would establish some of the strongest property protections in the country (From Press…
DOJ Calls For End of Private-Prison Contracts; ICE Must Do the Same
By Carl Takei In a bluntly-worded memo issued last week, the U.S. Department of Justice directed the…
Bad Laws Produce Bad Law Enforcement
By David W. Brown The police shooting and killing of an unarmed Black teenager named Michael Brown…
Milwaukee Feels Like a Police State
When I Was a Kid in Sherman Park, There Were Problems With Police. Now It Feels Like…