California is Finally Getting Serious about Police Reform

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.

Police

Justice for Trans People Isn't a Post-Marriage Fight

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.

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Smart Devices Make Everything Easier – Like Spying On Users

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.

Samsung SMART TV

Homeless Rights in Tulare

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.

Daniel Lawrence

Why I am Afraid of the Bathroom

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.

Bathroom signs

Shifting Deadlines, Shifty Numbers: The Pentagon’s Messy Process for Removing the Ban on Women in Combat

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

military woman

Prop 47 Wasn’t Meant to Discriminate Against Kids

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.

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Bathroom Police: Prove Your Gender?

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

Zoey, a transgender girl speaking into a microphone.

Marijuana Policy Perspective: How Much is Too Much?

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.

Blue Ribbon Commission on Marijuana Policy