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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.
Our Vision to Achieve True Public Safety
Feb 17, 2022
We can increase equality, justice, and safety without resorting to criminalization and surveillance.
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Recordings Show the California Highway Patrol’s Aerial Surveillance of Racial Justice Protests
Nov 16, 2021
Our year-long investigation uncovered records that show California Highway Patrol (CHP) spying on protesters for racial justice in cities up and down the state
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Prosecutors Used Rap Lyrics as Evidence in a Murder Trial; that’s Racial Bias
Sep 28, 2021
Rap lyrics are protected free speech under the First Amendment. But all too often in trial after trial of Black men, prosecutors introduce this form of artistic expression to secure convictions for serious crimes carrying long prison sentences. Simply put, rap is unfairly seen in the courts, not as an art form, but as inherently incriminating evidence.
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Diners Beware: That Meal May Cost You Your Privacy and Security
Jul 27, 2021
Scanning QR codes instead of ordering from a physical menu is a way for companies to insert all the machinery of the online advertising ecosystem between you and your food.
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Grassroots Activists are Leading the Fight to Stop Face Recognition. It’s Time for Congress to Step Up, Too.
Jul 17, 2021
Tech companies and police forces would like us to believe that there is nothing we can do to stop harmful surveillance technologies like face recognition. We reject that narrative.
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Exploring the ACLU News Archive: The Fight Against Housing Discrimination in California is a Story of Progress and Backlash
Jul 13, 2021
The ACLU News archive, dating back to 1945, documents the various forms of legalized housing discrimination leveled at Black people in Northern California, and also charts severe backlash to progress, whenever it was made. It provides a snapshot of the ways that businesses, the state, and individuals partnered to exclude Black people from the accumulation of wealth through dispossession and the de...
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Exploring the ACLU News Archive: The Intersection of Pride and Police Abuse of Power
Jun 28, 2021
Pride began as a protest against police brutality. Fifty-two years ago today, transgender women of color led an uprising against the New York Police Department following its violent raid of the Stonewall Inn. According to journalist Dick Leitsch, who has been identified as one of the first to report on the events at Stonewall after witnessing them first-hand, the uprising came on the heels of poli...
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In George Floyd's Name, the Fight for Justice Marches On
May 25, 2021
We must continue the fight to ensure that Floyd’s death has not been in vain. We renew our commitment to overhauling the role of policing in American society—in the memory of Floyd, and in the memory of the incalculable other Black lives lost to police violence.
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Profiles in Courage: Visionary Black Trans Leaders Fight Racism and Transphobia
May 17, 2021
The ACLU of Northern California salutes two of our movement partners Ms. Janetta Johnson of the TGI Justice Project and Janelle Luster of Trans Heartline. These fierce, unapologetic Black trans women have been visionary leaders in the fight against the over-policing of their community.
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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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