Challenge, Resist, and Defend

By Abdi Soltani

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Trump is Coming, This Time with Artificial Intelligence. Our New Report Will Help Us Meet the Moment

The report, "Seeing Through Surveillance," and its accompanying materials, provide lawmakers and community members with the knowledge and tools they need to build a firewall that keeps people safe.

By Nicole A. Ozer, Matt Cagle

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California’s Surveillance Systems Have Once Again Become a Major Liability

With President-elect Donald Trump about to reassume office, the very systems that officials promised would keep us safe have become a major liability.

By Nicole A. Ozer, Matt Cagle

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Forging Ahead with Clear Eyes and Strong Resolve

By Abdi Soltani

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Empowering Native Students Through Advocacy and Support: A Profile of Sonny Tripp

By Carmen King

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Records of Sexual Abuse Unsealed at a Federal Prison

The ACLU Foundation of Northern California and Public Justice intervened to unseal records records related to decades of sexual abuse at a federal prison in Dublin. If the Bureau of Prisons is to be held accountable, there must be full and complete transparency as the cases against it proceed.

By Brady Hirsch

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Big Tech is Trying to Burn Privacy to the Ground–And They’re Using Big Tobacco’s Strategy to Do It

Big Tech is copying the tobacco industry's 3-step playbook designed to suffocate democratic resistance and consolidate power.

By Jake Snow

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Defending Democracy: The ACLU's Election Strategy

With so much at stake in this election, the ACLU has launched its most comprehensive voting rights protection and voter education programs in the organization's history. We're prepared to defend civil rights and civil liberties no matter who wins in November.

By Lisa White

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After U.S. Supreme Court Homelessness Decision, San Francisco Cracks Down

In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision that cities can cite and arrest people simply for being homeless, San Francisco has ramped up aggressive enforcement against homeless encampments.

By Lisa White

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