Sunday Commentary: White Fragility Underlies the Debate over District Elections
For years, I heard complaints from people of color, both seeing it on surveys and hearing it…
My View: Race Really Is the Driving Force in Politics
A number of commenters and even political leaders have attempted to downplay the issue of race in…
Defending Common Decency in Davis
By Alan Hirsch If you were at City Hall after midnight Tuesday you could see decency in…
Trump Border Czar Will Continue the Administration’s Cruel Border Policies
By Brian Tashman President Trump announced today that former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director Thomas Homan…
Parkland As an Excuse to Roll Back Civil Rights
By Sarah Hinger and Jennifer Bellamy On Monday, the White House announced the creation of a Federal…
Involuntary Commitment Won’t Stop Gun Violence
By Ari Ne’eman One of the proudest moments of the disability rights movement came on Sept. 17, 1987….
Trump Effectively Declares War on California, Vowing to Crack Down on Marijuana and Open the Door to Offshore Drilling
Attorney General Jeff Sessions did on Thursday what many have long figured he would – he reversed…
ICE Threatens to Arrest Local Politicians in Sanctuary Cities
Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Thomas Homan, who has been appointed to become the permanent…
Dreamers Shouldn’t Lose DACA Status when They Follow the Rules
By Michael Tan This fall, the Trump administration announced the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Are Crime Rates Going Down?
Despite claims to the contrary, the most recent analysis by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU…
Crime and Murder Down in 2017
By the Brennan Center for Justice All measures of crime in the 30 largest American cities —…
The End of Net Neutrality – What Now?
By Jay Stanley The FCC’s radical and foolish action today to reverse network neutrality protections means that…
The Muslim Ban Loses in Court Again
By Cody Wofsy Another day, another pair of court losses for President Trump’s outrageous and illegal Muslim…
Muslim Ban 3.0 Is Heading to Court
By ACLU Staff This Monday, we are back in court, fighting to block Muslim Ban 3.0 before…
Second Class Citizenship for Puerto Rico?
By Gabriela Melendez Olivera Over tweets this weekend, President Trump confirmed that his administration’s underwhelming response to Hurricane…
Trump Turns to the ‘Southern Strategy’ in Attacking NFL Players
By Jeffery Robinson If Donald Trump is not a white supremacist, his actions and words show a…
Sunday Commentary: Trump’s War on Black Athletes
A year ago this would have been a column that would have been hard to fathom, but…
AG: Constitution, Rule of Law Barriers to Trump Border Wall
AG Becerra files lawsuit to protect Californians, environment against executive overreach in border wall projects (From Press…
California Values Act Sanctuary Bill Passes Legislature
Bill Now Goes to Governor for His Expected Signature (From Press Release) – The California Senate today…
How Local Communities Can Reject Militarization of Police
By Kanya Bennett and Chad Marlow Two weeks ago, President Trump issued an executive order that gave…
