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I Sued My School for Censorship and Won — Because Being a Lesbian Shouldn’t Violate the Dress Code
It all started with a t-shirt. I was at the mall, and I saw a shirt I knew I had to buy. It said “NOBODY KNOWS I’M A LESBIAN.” It made me laugh because pretty much everybody knows I’m a lesbian. My school tried to stop me from wearing it.
By Taylor Victor
New ACLU Guide: Tips for Tech Companies on Protecting User Privacy and Free Speech in 2016
The privacy and free speech mistakes of tech companies led to tons of embarrassing and costly stories last year. These missteps could've been avoided with better planning and processes in place, but many companies lack the resources to navigate this terrain.
By Nicole A. Ozer
In Super Bowl City and Beyond, SF Must Affirm that #BlackLivesMatter
As thousands of people from around the country pour into Super Bowl City and the Bay Area, it’s important to remind the city of San Francisco: Black Lives Matter.
By Abdi Soltani
ACLU of Northern California Statement on Hernan Jaramillo’s Death in Oakland Police Custody
The ACLU of Northern California is outraged by the death of Hernan Jaramillo, who died in 2013 while Oakland police officers restrained him and ignored his cries of “I can’t breathe.” Footage of the incident was released this week by the Oakland Tribune.
By Abdi Soltani
Stuck in a Gender Rut: Clovis School Refuses to Bring Dress Code in Line with the Law
Clovis Unified School District outdid itself once again. The district had the opportunity to change its painfully outdated dress code, but the district defied reason - and the law - this week.
By Abre' Conner
Dirtbox Over Disneyland? New Docs Reveal Anaheim’s Cellular Surveillance Arsenal
Anaheim Police have spent almost a decade secretly building an inventory of powerful cell phone surveillance devices and making them available to neighboring cities in Orange County, Documents obtained [MC1] by the ACLU of California reveal.
Can Government-Funded Hospitals Serving the Public Invoke Religious Directives to Deny Basic Healthcare to Women?
The answer should be "no." Yet that's the issue in a case the ACLU recently filed in California.
By Elizabeth Gill
Making the Great State of California Even Greater
In his 2016 State of the State speech, Gov. Jerry Brown failed to mention a critical dimension to economic inequality in California: racial inequality. People of color are uniquely impacted by government policies that fall most heavily on the poor, like the Maximum Family Grant rule, unchecked police abuses and over-reliance on incarceration as a response to chronically homeless people with mental illness.
By Natasha Minsker
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