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Our Vision to Achieve True Public Safety
We can increase equality, justice, and safety without resorting to criminalization and surveillance.
By Abdi Soltani, Yasmin Cader
Recordings Show the California Highway Patrol’s Aerial Surveillance of Racial Justice Protests
Our year-long investigation uncovered records that show California Highway Patrol (CHP) spying on protesters for racial justice in cities up and down the state
By Jennifer Jones
Prosecutors Used Rap Lyrics as Evidence in a Murder Trial; that’s Racial Bias
By Chessie Thacher
Exploring the ACLU News Archive: The Fight Against Housing Discrimination in California is a Story of Progress and Backlash
The ACLU News archive, dating back to 1945, documents the various forms of legalized housing discrimination leveled at Black people in Northern California, and also charts severe backlash to progress, whenever it was made. It provides a snapshot of the ways that businesses, the state, and individuals partnered to exclude Black people from the accumulation of wealth through dispossession and the denial of their means to secure a home.
By Brady Hirsch
In George Floyd's Name, the Fight for Justice Marches On
We must continue the fight to ensure that Floyd’s death has not been in vain. We renew our commitment to overhauling the role of policing in American society—in the memory of Floyd, and in the memory of the incalculable other Black lives lost to police violence.
By ACLU of Northern California
Profiles in Courage: Visionary Black Trans Leaders Fight Racism and Transphobia
The ACLU of Northern California salutes two of our movement partners Ms. Janetta Johnson of the TGI Justice Project and Janelle Luster of Trans Heartline. These fierce, unapologetic Black trans women have been visionary leaders in the fight against the over-policing of their community.
By Tammerlin Drummond, Carmen King
California's “Equity” Algorithm Could Leave 2 Million Struggling Californians Without Additional Vaccine Supply
By Jacob Snow
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