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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

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

The Departments of Justice and Education just rescinded Obama-era guidance clarifying that trans students are federally protected from discrimination under Title IX.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

Donald Trump has proposed sweeping changes in immigration policy and it's unclear how these changes will play out in practice. In the meantime, AB 60 remains in effect, and each applicant should make their own decision about whether to apply. Read More

Donald Trump ha propuesto radicales cambios a las políticas de inmigración. Entretanto, la AB 60 sigue en vigor y cada solicitante debe tomar su propia decisión sobre si debe aplicar o no. Read More

The following Op-Ed by Alan Schlosser and Diana Tate Vermeire was originally published in the Daily Californian on Friday, February 10. Last week, free speech suffered a blow when force and intimidation by some protesters prompted the University of California at Berkeley to cancel a speech by Milo Yiannopoulos, who had been invited by the Berkeley College Republicans and who advocates racist, s... Read More

Donald Trump told the American public, repeatedly, that upon taking office his policy agenda will include efforts to identify and immediately deport millions of undocumented immigrants, to track and surveil Muslims throughout the country, and to push for even more aggressive policing against communities of color. He may play fast and loose with facts, but when it comes to his&n... Read More

What is America? From its beginning it has always been a painful paradox, a country founded on violent dehumanization but proclaiming the highest ideals of human kinship. As generations have before us, today millions join together to make it what it must become. Read More

Were your belongings taken by Caltrans?Do you have video or photographs of Caltrans taking people’s belongings?If so, we want to hear from you. If you had your belongings taken by Caltrans in Berkeley, Oakland, or Emeryville since December 13, 2014 you may be entitled to compensation for what you’ve lost.Your story is important for the success of the lawsuit we have filed to stop Caltrans ill... Read More

Trump didn’t appear to know that Douglass died 132 years ago. Read More