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It was recently discovered that Amazon is marketing its face surveillance product "Rekgonition" to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Read More

Our Constitution promises all people, regardless of race, equal protection under the law. Yet the San Francisco Police Department has consistently singled out Black people for enforcement of criminal laws. Read More

School just got back in session, but one school district in Northern California already needs a lesson in how to create a welcoming and safe environment for Black students with disabilities.A 5-year-old Black student with autism and speech and language impairments suffered for months, including suffering injuries that needed to be treated by a hospital, all because of the inadequate oversight of H... Read More

California’s 2018 legislative session has ended, and we have some huge victories to celebrate! Read More

Water is life. But tens of thousands of Californians can't read their annual water quality report because it is written almost exclusively in English. Read More

The bus company says it's 'caught in the middle,' but this is an epic fail. Read More

Schools should be safe learning environments, not arenas for immigration crackdowns. Yet many of the components of the school-to-prison pipeline that cast students of color into the criminal justice system pose a particular threat to immigrant students.Schools involve police in several ways: as district employees (school police officers), as local police officers working in schools (school resourc... Read More

Sammy A. Nuñez grew up in deep poverty in an abusive household. Today, he is a source of hope fighting for justice for his community, where there is a clear link between trauma and incarceration. Read More

Prosecutors and judges can stop harmful "generational incarceration" by looking at public safety with a trauma-informed eye on alternatives. Read More

Frankie Guzman was 15 years old the first time he committed a crime. Even though it was his first offense, the prosecutor pushed for harsh punishment, ignoring an alternative path to rehabilitation. Read More

The federal government has long targeted people using information collected at the state and local level. A new California law offers new opportunities to curtail the flow of sensitive data that fuels Trump's deportation machine. Read More

Fresno County’s general plan violates California state law and ignores the needs of Fresno’s most vulnerable community members. Fresno should adopt a plan that includes the voices of all of its residents. Read More