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We Take Baseless Defamation Accusations Seriously. Here’s Why.
The ACLU Foundation of Northern California is committed to fighting against spurious legal claims that threaten free speech. Especially when corporations and other powerful entities attempt to strong-arm people who have less resources at their disposal.
By Bilal Malik
BREAKING: Another Local Victory for California Values
Central Valley residents in Porterville spoke truth to power and defeated an anti-immigration resolution that was up for a vote at the city council.
By Maria Romani
LGBTQ-Inclusive Sex Ed Would Have Meant the World to Me
My local school board will soon decide whether to adopt a sex ed curriculum that makes it clear: LGBTQ+ people are equally deserving of respect and love.
By Sameer Jha
In Its Zeal to Deport Immigrants, the Justice Department Scraps Due Process
In the past month, the Department of Justice has issued a series of stunningly senseless, wasteful, and cruel immigration policies
By Cecillia Wang
California Can Reduce the Number of Police Shootings. Here’s How.
A bill in the state legislature would help ensure that police officers use deadly force only as a last resort.
By Peter Bibring
Now is the Time for California Families and Communities to Advocate for Strong Sanctuary Policies in K-12 Schools
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra provided California public school leaders with policies they must adopt by July 1 to protect students from immigration enforcement while at school. We must demand that school leaders adopt all of these policies.
By Ana Nájera Mendoza
Californians Are Winning the Fight Against Secret Surveillance
As the Trump Administration exploits local surveillance systems to target immigrants, California residents are fighting for legislation and reforms that protect all residents from invasive surveillance.
50 Years After MLK’s Assassination, We Remain Two Societies, ‘Separate and Unequal’
On April 4, 1968, I was 11 and growing up in Memphis when the news came that Martin Luther King had been murdered. My parents couldn’t hide how bad it was – they were angry. They were afraid. And most memorably to my childhood self, they were crying. I couldn’t articulate it at the time, but I know now that I was afraid that killing the dreamer could kill the dream.
By Jeffery Robinson
After the Facebook Privacy Debacle, It’s Time for Clear Steps to Protect Users
We learned last weekend that a trove of personal information from 50 million people — one in three U.S. Facebook users — was harvested for an influence and propaganda operation led by Cambridge Analytica, a company later used by the Trump campaign. Was Facebook hacked? Nope. All of this personal information was accessed through the Facebook “app gap,” a major privacy hole in Facebook’s app platform that the ACLU had been challenging since 2009, when we showed how Facebook quizzes posed this threat.
By Nicole A. Ozer, Chris Conley
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