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Community and civil rights groups today welcomed news that the San Francisco Police Department has suspended participation with the Joint Terrorism Task Force. Read More

The ACLU Foundation of Northern California sued President Donald J. Trump, the Department of State, the Department of Homeland Security, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection for establishing and enforcing an unconstitutional and discriminatory Muslim ban. Read More

Three students at California universities, along with Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay, filed a lawsuit today against President Donald J. Trump, the Department of State, the Department of Homeland Security, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection for establishing and enforcing an unconstitutional and discriminatory Muslim ban. The plaintiffs are represented by the ACLU of Northe... Read More

Advocates and community members announced today a new bill that would amend California's HIV criminalization laws that were enacted during a time of fear and ignorance about HIV and its transmission. SB 239 will make the law more consistent with other laws involving serious, communicable diseases. Read More

Today’s ruling is reason to celebrate. If the court had granted the Trump administration’s request, U.S. citizens, residents, and their family members here and across the world would have once again been facing chaos and uncertainty. The Trump administration was unable to show the court a real need to immediately reinstitute the Muslim ban. As the Attorneys General for Washington and Minnesot... Read More

The National Coalition Against Censorship and the ACLU of Northern CA today sent a letter demanding artwork unjustly banned by a school administrator in San Jose is returned to the walls. Read More

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

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

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