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A Border Agent Took My Sister and Me Into a Closet and Sexually Assaulted Us
We fled Guatemala looking for a safer and more peaceful life. What happened to us after crossing the border changed our lives.
By Clarita
Un oficial de inmigración nos metió a mi hermana y a mí en un armario y nos agredió sexualmente
Nos fuimos de Guatemala buscando una vida pacífica. Lo que paso después que cruzamos la frontera nos cambió la vida.
By Clarita
California Values Act: It’s About More than Dollars and Cents
Fresno City Council Member Steve Brandau wants Fresno to turn its back on immigrants, inclusion, and human dignity.
By Angélica Salceda
In California, We the People Can Protect Our Values and Each Other
While California already has many great laws in place, there's much work to do for civil rights and civil liberties – especially now as the Trump Administration begins its attack on the most vulnerable among us.
By Becca Cramer-Mowder
#ACLUTimeMachine - Five Years Gone: It’s Time to #TalkAboutTrayvon
Knowing Trayvon Martin's story, and the history of the struggle against racial profiling, helps us to free ourselves from the myths of racism.
By Irene Rojas-Carroll
Oppose AB 165! Bill Would Roll Back Hard-Fought Privacy Protections in CA Schools
It’s essential for people to be able to communicate about issues that they care about. That’s why it's alarming that AB 165 has been introduced in the CA Legislature that would gut essential protections in public schools.
By Nicole A. Ozer
The ACLU Remembers Aileen Hernandez
Remembering Aileen Hernandez, the first woman appointed to the Equal Employment Opportunity Council, co-founder of the National Organization for Women and its second president, and the vice chairperson of the ACLU’s National Advisory Council.
By Dorothy Ehrlich
Trans Rights Are Under Attack: Five Facts You Should Know
The Departments of Justice and Education just rescinded Obama-era guidance clarifying that trans students are federally protected from discrimination under Title IX. Here's what you should know.
By Melissa Goodman
Censoring Free Speech Sets Dangerous Precedent
The following Op-Ed by Alan Schlosser and Diana Tate Vermeire was originally published in the Daily Californian on Friday, February 10.
Last week, free speech suffered a blow when force and intimidation by some protesters prompted the University of California at Berkeley to cancel a speech by Milo Yiannopoulos, who had been invited by the Berkeley College Republicans and who advocates racist, sexist, and transphobic views. The cancellation should give no comfort to those who value equality and oppose these views; if anything it likely gave Mr. Yiannopoulos and his abhorrent messages more attention than if he had been allowed to speak.
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