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Are you giving - or, better yet, hoping to get - a new Xbox One this holiday season? With the recent news that the NSA is spying on gaming networks, we put together some important privacy information and tips to help you better protect yourself. Read More

Audley Barrington Lyon, Jr. is currently in immigration detention while he fights deportation to Jamaica. A “U visa” is a beacon of hope for Mr. Lyon, who was an innocent bystander when he was seriously injured in shooting. A U visa—available to crime victims who cooperate with criminal investigations—would give him the opportunity to stay in the country with his U.S. citizen wife. Unfortunately, ... Read More

On Thursday, December 19th President Obama commuted the sentences of eight people who have been imprisoned more than 15 years on crack-cocaine charges, a move in line with his administration's attempts to ease some of the harsher drug-sentencing decisions of the past two decades. Read More

We took the fight for civil liberties into the corporate boardroom and today we mark an important victory. Verizon is finally going to break its silence and publish a transparency report about government demands for information. Last month, we filed shareholder proposals with AT&T and Verizon, calling on both companies to reveal what customer information they hand over to U.S. or foreign governmen... Read More

Class action lawsuit challenges inadequate telephone access for individuals in immigration detention, a violation of the right to a full and fair hearing under the U.S. Constitution. Read More

Youth advocates hosted a community forum in Fresno, launching their campaign for better sexual health education in Fresno Unified schools. Read More

SAN FRANCISCO – The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California and the National Center for Youth Law Wednesday charged that school officials in the Humboldt County towns of Eureka and Loleta, home to some of the state’s largest Native American communities, intentionally discriminate against Native American and Black students, and allow pervasive racial and sexual harassment to go unchal... Read More

Victory: A regulation barring sex workers from receiving victim compensation was repealed last week. The "CalVCP" allows victims to heal both physically and mentally from the brutalization they endured. No person, no matter what, deserves to be raped or to be blamed for that rape. Read More

The ACLU-NC, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus, and co-counsel Keker Van Nest LLP, filed a statewide class action lawsuit on Thursday. The class action lawsuit urges that immigrants are entitled to go before an immigration judge to request release while they fight their deportation cases. Read More

Today's worldwide celebrations of international Human Rights Day coincide with the commemoration of the life and legacy of the late Nelson Mandela – the freedom fighter, political prisoner, African National Congress leader, and first president of post-apartheid South Africa. Read More