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The ACLU Foundation of Northern California, the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, the ACLU LGBT & HIV Project, and the law firm Covington & Burling LLP filed a lawsuit against Dignity Health for withholding medical care because of a patient’s gender identity, amounting to sex discrimination in violation of California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act. Evan Minton, 35, is a transg... Read More

While for some the jury may still be out on whether Trump is a white supremacist, there is the mounting evidence to support the claim. 

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ACLU: The government's intention to retain immigrants' social media info would undoubtedly have a chilling effect on free speech that’s expressed every day online. 

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We've commissioned a mobile billboard to greet Joe Arpaio (former sheriff of Maricopa County, AZ) in Fresno, where he is scheduled to appear at a GOP fundraiser.

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We’re suing the Justice Department to disclose when the government tells people it electronically spied on them. 

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The ACLU is challenging the Trump administration’s latest version of its Muslim ban - the president’s third such attempt.

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The people who grow our food shouldn’t have to risk getting sick just to do their jobs. But dozens of California-grown crops—including oranges, lemons, almonds, and walnuts—are often treated with a dangerous pesticide called chlorpyrifos that can cause asthma and brain damage. This toxicant is not safe for pregnant women and children to ingest even in trace amounts, but it is especially dangerous ... Read More

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Local law enforcement, in particular the Sheriffs in San Bernardino and Riverside counties, are fully entangled with immigration enforcement authorities and detain people on ICE’s behalf in our local county jails. In San Bernardino county, ICE agents are also allowed full and unfettered access to county jails. Nationally, 65-75% of deportations occur because of these entanglements.

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“The Trump Administration is forcing women to pay for their boss’s religious beliefs,” said ACLU senior staff attorney Brigitte Amiri. “We’re filing this lawsuit because the federal government cannot authorize discrimination against women in the name of religion or otherwise.”

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