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UPDATE: L.A. County School Districts Improve Lactation Accommodations Policies for the New School Year
School is back in session, and by now, many students and teachers have returned to their classrooms to new and improved lactation accommodations policies.
By Melissa Goodman
UC Berkeley Just Reinstated A Course on Palestine. It Should Have Protected Free Speech From the Start.
It’s a victory for free speech and academic freedom – but Cal’s move to cancel the course for no good reason should never have happened in the first place.
By Christine P. Sun
California is One Signature Away From Reining in Policing for Profit
Throughout the nation, police officers are legally allowed to take and keep your cash and property - even if you are never charged or arrested for a crime. All it takes is officers claiming they think your belongings were obtained through illegal means.
By Mica Doctoroff, Kanya Bennett
Colin Kaepernick Kneeled So That We May All Stand Taller
It’s hard to speak with your face pressed against concrete. Or when you can’t breathe. Or with a broken neck. And even when you manage to speak, people in power seek to silence you. Just ask the San Francisco 49ers’ Colin Kaepernick.
By Faith Barksdale
ACLU to FCC: Stop Secret Discriminatory Stingray Surveillance
The ACLU and EFF are urging the Federal Communications Commission to order local police to stop using Stingrays, at least until the FCC can create rules to protect against excessive secrecy and abuse.
By Nathan Freed Wessler
When Police Body Cameras Aren't the Answer
Earlier this month, a too familiar tragedy unfolded in East Los Angeles when Los Angeles police officers shot and killed 14-year-old Jesse Romero. Witness accounts vary — the police department says Romero fled when officers approached him on suspicion of scrawling graffiti in his neighborhood, then fired at officers. Some civilians say he had a gun but tossed it away.As
By Peter Bibring, Catherine Wagner
Saying Goodbye to One of the Most Unsung Heroes of the LGBT Movement
Matt Coles, deputy legal director and director of the ACLU’s Center for Equality, is retiring after 29 years. Here’s why he’s my hero.
By James Esseks
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