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The Departments of Justice and Education just rescinded Obama-era guidance clarifying that trans students are federally protected from discrimination under Title IX. Here's what you should know. Read More

ICE lied to local officials in Santa Cruz regarding recent immigration raids. This is another reason that California should strengthen its power to resist the deportation machine. Read More

Remembering Aileen Hernandez, the first woman appointed to the Equal Employment Opportunity Council, co-founder of the National Organization for Women and its second president, and the vice chairperson of the ACLU’s National Advisory Council. Read More

The City of San Jose claims that that electronic messages dealing with official business that its employees send to one another are not public records if the employees send them using their personal accounts or devices. The ACLU Foundations of California and the Electronic Frontier Foundation are asking the California Supreme Court to grant review in the interest of an open and transparent governm... Read More

The Trump administration has conceded that its original Muslim ban was indefensible... The only way to actually fix the Muslim ban is not to have a Muslim ban. - Omar Jadwat, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project Director Read More

The new executive order banning the issuance of visas to people from certain countries is based on the same religious animus that fueled the Trump's first attempt at a Muslim ban. Read More

It’s essential for people to be able to communicate about issues that they care about. That’s why it's alarming that AB 165 has been introduced in the CA Legislature that would gut essential protections in public schools.

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Download the Spring 2017 ACLU of Northern California Newsletter and read about our latest events and initiatives. Read More

On March 1, 2017, the ACLU filed a motion to intervene on behalf of the YWCA Silicon Valley in a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s executive order threatening to withhold federal funding from so-called "sanctuary jurisdictions."

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Knowing Trayvon Martin's story, and the history of the struggle against racial profiling, helps us to free ourselves from the myths of racism.

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