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Building security at the San Francisco Immigration Court was forbidding pastors, who participated in the peaceful vigils outside the court, from accompanying families to their immigration court hearings in what we saw as blatant retaliation, even though both activities are strongly protected by the First Amendment. This carried with it serious constitutional implications and took an emotional toll on families fighting for their right to refuge in this country.

Earlier this year, I shared my experiences and that of my client, Malaika Singleton, Ph.D. In my case, a TSA agent suddenly grabbed by hair without any warning and squeezed it from top to bottom after I had passed through the advanced imaging technology (AIT) body scanner at the airport. But this did not happen to me just once. In fact, I was selected for hair pat-downs during three out of four trips I took over just one year.

Another unarmed black person will soon be killed by the police. Take a stand for police reform in CA. Every mother deserves safety for her children - no matter their skin color.

We just learned that Santa Clara County will not be moving forward to purchase an invasive Stingray mobile tracking system.

We need to break the cycle of poverty created by our history of discrimination. We've got to be serious about ending the residential segregation that puts success out of reach for too many of our children.

In California, legislators, the ACLU, and our partners are advocating for a broad range of measures that, collectively, could put California on a path toward socially just police reform.

The call for justice for trans people is not merely what comes after marriage. Transgender people have been fighting in the streets, in the courts, in prisons and jails, and in legislatures for decades.

We live in a world where everyday devices collect and transmit data, but consumer privacy awareness is only beginning to come into focus for the Internet of Things.