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UPDATE, Nov. 20, 2018: Late Monday night, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking President Trump’s asylum ban while the suit moves forward. The order will be in effect until Dec. 19 at least, when there will be another hearing on the ban. In his order, Judge Jon S. Tigar of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco wrote, “The rule barring asylum for immigrants who enter the ... Read More

All 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the federal government impose criminal liability on correctional facility staff who have sexual contact with people in their custody. These laws recognize that any sexual activity between detainees and detention facility staff, with or without the use of force, is unlawful because of the inherent power imbalance when people are in custody. Yet, one... Read More

Tech Companies are under a microscope and the stakes couldn’t be higher – for democracy, for consumers, and for their bottom line. This guide gives businesses expert advice on how to navigate this landscape. Read More

It was recently discovered that Amazon is marketing its face surveillance product "Rekgonition" to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Read More

Our Constitution promises all people, regardless of race, equal protection under the law. Yet the San Francisco Police Department has consistently singled out Black people for enforcement of criminal laws. Read More

School just got back in session, but one school district in Northern California already needs a lesson in how to create a welcoming and safe environment for Black students with disabilities.A 5-year-old Black student with autism and speech and language impairments suffered for months, including suffering injuries that needed to be treated by a hospital, all because of the inadequate oversight of H... Read More

California’s 2018 legislative session has ended, and we have some huge victories to celebrate! Read More

Ricardo and his daughter were separated at the border in December 2017. It would be six months before they spoke again. Read More

Water is life. But tens of thousands of Californians can't read their annual water quality report because it is written almost exclusively in English. Read More

The bus company says it's 'caught in the middle,' but this is an epic fail. Read More

Schools should be safe learning environments, not arenas for immigration crackdowns. Yet many of the components of the school-to-prison pipeline that cast students of color into the criminal justice system pose a particular threat to immigrant students.Schools involve police in several ways: as district employees (school police officers), as local police officers working in schools (school resourc... Read More

Sammy A. Nuñez grew up in deep poverty in an abusive household. Today, he is a source of hope fighting for justice for his community, where there is a clear link between trauma and incarceration. Read More