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The small Central Valley city of Tulare is not necessarily a place that springs to mind when you think of social justice activism. But this sleepy city has been a hotbed of activism for the ACLU recently, especially on policing and homelessness.

As a trans person, I don’t take small things for granted. I appreciate every uneventful trip to and from the bathroom, something that most cisgender people take for granted.

ACLU was in court trying to break the "brass ceiling" for women in combat positions. Meanwhile, the military appears to be dragging its feet.

The ACLU of California is challenging San Diego County’s denial of Prop 47 sentencing relief to juveniles. Juveniles in California deserve the same opportunities under Prop 47 as adults.

On Friday, anti-equality activists proposed a ballot initiative that would require Californians to "prove" their gender before using the bathroom.

Driving under the influence of marijuana - how much is too much, and how can you tell? This is the first conversation in Abdi Soltani's Policy Perspectives blog series focused on marijuana policy. In it he interviews Andrea Roth, a law professor at UC Berkeley School of Law and expert on DUI.

As medical students, we were especially disturbed by the denial of medical care of Walter Scott, the 300th person killed by police in 2015. Officers on the scene failed to perform CPR on Mr. Scott as he lay face-down on the ground, handcuffed, with five bullets in his body.

Police gunning down unarmed black men and boys is an American horror film that keeps getting replayed. Except that it isn’t a movie you can turn off: It’s a painful, outrageous, and unacceptable reality.

Immigration detention centers are notorious for extreme isolation and inhumane conditions. So we were more than concerned when we learned a few weeks ago that ICE wants to send immigrants to a new detention facility that would put their health and wellbeing at risk.