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We can be pretty sure that each new day will bring two things: new threats to our civil liberties, and new stories of people standing up for their rights and winning. Behind every court ruling is a person. Behind every landmark law is a movement. Read the stories and hear the voices that ground our work.
California's “Equity” Algorithm Could Leave 2 Million Struggling Californians Without Additional Vaccine Supply
May 06, 2021
As most Californians become eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, California is rightly centering equity in distributing doses to communities that have been hardest hit. But our analysis of the state’s most recent plans suggests that the Department of Public Health’s vaccine-distribution algorithm may fall short, leaving millions of the neediest Californians without additional supply.
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California Suburbs are Banishing RV Residents
Mar 16, 2021
Get out of town, or we’ll bury you in debt and seize your home - that's how Pacifica has decided to address RV dwellers.
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Exploring the ACLU News Archive: Korematsu v. United States
Feb 19, 2021
Thanks to a partnership between the ACLU of Northern California and the California Historical Society, every issue of the ACLU News has been digitized and is now available to read online. This blog is the first in a series that examines the archive’s contents.
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Abortion is Basic Health Care
Dec 16, 2020
Once again, the Trump administration is abusing its power to attack access to reproductive health care. It has already gone after insurance coverage for contraception and federal funding for family planning and tried to allow health care institutions and providers to deny patients information and treatment based on personal religious or moral beliefs.
Now the administration has set its sights d...
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Voters’ Decisions on Propositions 17 and 20 Bring Hope to Criminal Justice Reform in California
Nov 19, 2020
This election cycle, Californians were presented with two propositions on their ballots—17 and 20—that are of major significance in the quest for true criminal justice reform.
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The People Have Spoken: Joe Biden Elected U.S. President after Record Voter Turnout
Nov 07, 2020
After winning a record number of popular votes – more than 74 million – Joe Biden has been elected the 46th president of the United States.
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Californians Should Vote No on Prop 24
Oct 16, 2020
Proposition 24 won’t strengthen privacy rights for Californians. Instead, it will undermine protections in current law and increase the burden on people to protect themselves—in ways that will disproportionately harm poor people and people of color. Please vote NO on Prop 24.
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Why Black People Must Be Informed And Empowered About Their Rights With The Police
Oct 01, 2020
To this day, I have not been able to watch the whole video of George Floyd’s execution by police on a Minneapolis street. Nor can I bring myself to view the countless other recordings of Black and brown people who have been unlawfully killed by those sworn to protect and serve the public. I start having flashbacks about my own traumatic police encounter that happened when I was 16 — a still vivid ...
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The House that Ruth Built: ACLU of Northern CA Reflects on the Legacy of RBG
Sep 25, 2020
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a trailblazing social justice warrior who made it her life’s work to tear down gender-biased laws. The ACLU of Northern California shares some of our staff’s reflections on her legacy.
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Facebook Blocked My Ad, Mislabeled it "Sexually Explicit"
Sep 23, 2020
My wife and I have made music together for the past 8 years, in an independent band named Unsung Lilly. We are passionate about creating epic, empowering pop music.
As a same-sex couple, we have been heartened recently by the improved representation of LGBTQ people on television, and we are grateful that most people we meet are accepting of our relationship. It’s enough to make you think that m...
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ACLU Calls On Tech Companies to End Their Alliance with ICE and CBP
Sep 09, 2020
Tech companies provide access to the sensitive personal information used to destroy communities and undermine the rights that we work every day to protect. Join the #NoTechforICE campaign.
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Banning My "Phenomenally Black" Shirt is Only a Symptom of the Racism in Bakersfield Schools
Aug 07, 2020
I was told by the Greenfield Unified School District that I could not wear a t-shirt with the words “Phenomenally Black” because they said it was the same thing as wearing a “Make America Great Again” shirt. A Black colleague then later told me the administration asked if I was trying to push a Black agenda on campus. And yet when I wore a “Phenomenally Woman” shirt, there was no issue.
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