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Voters’ Decisions on Propositions 17 and 20 Bring Hope to Criminal Justice Reform in California
The People Have Spoken: Joe Biden Elected U.S. President after Record Voter Turnout
After winning a record number of popular votes – more than 74 million – Joe Biden has been elected the 46th president of the United States.
Californians Should Vote No on Prop 24
Proposition 24 won’t strengthen privacy rights for Californians. Instead, it will undermine protections in current law and increase the burden on people to protect themselves—in ways that will disproportionately harm poor people and people of color. Please vote NO on Prop 24.
By Jacob Snow
Why Black People Must Be Informed And Empowered About Their Rights With The Police
To this day, I have not been able to watch the whole video of George Floyd’s execution by police on a Minneapolis street. Nor can I bring myself to view the countless other recordings of Black and brown people who have been unlawfully killed by those sworn to protect and serve the public. I start having flashbacks about my own traumatic police encounter that happened when I was 16 — a still vivid memory 11 years later. I’m reminded of how easily I could have ended up as another name chanted in the streets during Black Lives Matter protests.
The House that Ruth Built: ACLU of Northern CA Reflects on the Legacy of RBG
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a trailblazing social justice warrior who made it her life’s work to tear down gender-biased laws. The ACLU of Northern California shares some of our staff’s reflections on her legacy.
ACLU Calls On Tech Companies to End Their Alliance with ICE and CBP
Tech companies provide access to the sensitive personal information used to destroy communities and undermine the rights that we work every day to protect. Join the #NoTechforICE campaign.
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