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Angelica Salceda, an 2013 Equal Justice Works Fellow with the ACLU of Northern California, is helping implement the Pregnant and Parenting Student Project for teen parents to receive the adequate resources they need to succeed in their academics. Read about her important work in the community with Equal Justice Works. Read More

While we await much-needed federal immigration reform, dozens of counties are refusing ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) requests to detain immigrants in local jails. Read More

Barely a generation ago, California’s schools were the greatest in the nation. Now, the state’s education is abysmal, ranking 49th in the nation on how much it spends on students.California is taking steps to change the way it invests in schools and students to turn this tide.The Local Control and Funding Formula is one of the ways that the state is supporting the students who need it the most. It... Read More

Community members and members of the Drive CA Coalition released recommendations at a news conference today urging the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to improve proposed regulations that will make drivers' licenses for undocumented immigrants a reality under California's AB 60, The Safe and Responsible Driver Act. The recommendations come in the lead-up to highly anticipated public hearings wh... Read More

Today is Juneteenth and the United States just executed three black men from three southern states in 24 hours. This is outrageous.Here’s a Throwback Thursday for you. June 19, 1865: African American men, women, and children in Galveston, Texas, rejoiced and celebrated in the streets after hearing these words, “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Execu... Read More

Monday marks the 20th anniversary of the introduction of Proposition 187, the divisive initiative passed by California voters in 1994 that sought to deny many public services to undocumented immigrants. Federal courts rejected most provisions of law as unconstitutional, but the law still remains technically on the books.With scores of community, faith, labor and legal organizations, the ACLU of Ca... Read More

Growing up in any city it is easy to see the inequalities that permeate every-day life. Growing up in the Bay Area has provided me with so many opportunities to become aware and involved in challenging those inequalities. My time as an intern at the ACLU of Northern California helped me understand how to better do that. Read More

In a landmark ruling, a federal judge struck down as unconstitutional the government’s procedures for people on the No Fly List to challenge their inclusion. The decision came in an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit brought on behalf of 13 Americans who found themselves on the list without any notice, reasons, or meaningful way to get off it. Read More

Federal and state law enforcement entities across the country are using a powerful cell phone surveillance tool commonly referred to as a “StingRay.”  These devices are capable of locating a cell phone with extraordinary precision, but to do so they operate in dragnet fashion, scooping up information from a target device, as well as otherwireless devices in the vicinity.  In addition, th... Read More

The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation and the ACLU Foundations of Oregon, Southern California, Northern California, and New Mexico have filed a legal challenge on behalf of ten U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents who cannot fly to or from the United States or over U.S. airspace because they are on the "No Fly List"—a component of the government's watch list system. None ... Read More