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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
The Government’s Case Against California’s ‘Sanctuary’ Policies Is on Weak Legal Ground
ACLU response to AG Sessions' weak lawsuit challenging California's new 'sanctuary' laws.
By Jennie Pasquarella, Ruthie Epstein
Cultural Incompetence: My Son was Kicked out of Class Because of His Hair
When my son recently brought home a certificate for making honor roll at his middle school, I was so proud. That quickly faded the next day when I received several calls from my child informing me that he had been pulled out of class. Because of his hair.
By Erika Paggett
Facial-Recognition—A Powerful Tool for Authoritarian Surveillance
Companies developing facial-recognition software need to consider how their products enable dragnet surveillance, discriminatory enforcement, and abuse.
By Jake Snow
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