Spread California Love for the Defiant Ones

In California, the broad “disruption or willful defiance” category is a legit reason to suspend students from school. This subjective category must be abolished - here's why.

By Amir Whitaker

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Fifty Years After MLK’s Death, We’re Still Fighting for Civil Rights

In commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy and the Civil Rights Movement, we’ve put together some highlights of the work we’re doing to promote racial justice, stop discrimination based on race and ethnicity, and ensure equal opportunities for communities of color.

By Brady Hirsch

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Los vecinos de Central Valley diseñaron su propia línea de transporte, y van para más

La comunidad de West Park se encuentra a menos de media milla de la ciudad de Fresno. Es un lugar pequeño, de unas 130 casas; una comunidad unida...

By Mariah Thompson

West Park residents gather outside the bus on the day it debuted

Recognizing the Value of Black Lives is not Controversial

Alameda mom Dede Lewis fights the school district on its censorship of Black Lives Matter, says the value of white lives has never been up for debate.

By Dede Lewis

Black Lives Matter signs

The California Fight for Abortion Access for All: #ACLUTimeMachine

"Once the state furnishes medical care to poor women in general, it cannot withdraw part of that care solely because a woman exercises her constitutional right to have an abortion.”

By Bethany Woolman

A clipping from the 1981 ACLU News announcing victory in the lawsuit to protect abortion care in California

Is the FBI Setting the Stage for Increased Surveillance of Black Activists?

A newly leaked FBI report contains troubling signs that the feds are scrutinizing and possibly surveilling Black activists in its search for potential "extremists."

By Malkia Cyril, Hugh Handeyside

COINTELPRO 2.0?

Students Have the Right to Take a Knee

Today, students across the country are responding to the pre-game protests by professional athletes, when players during the National Anthem have chosen to kneel, sit, or raise a fist against police violence and state oppression of African-Americans and other people of color. Inspired, students have bravely followed suit.

By Sylvia Torres-Guillén, Peter Eliasberg

Students. We'll Stand For Your Right to Take a Knee

Trump’s EPA is Harming California’s Farmworkers. You Have the Power to Help.

The people who grow our food shouldn’t have to risk getting sick just to do their jobs. But dozens of California-grown crops—including oranges, lemons, almonds, and walnuts—are often treated with a dangerous pesticide called chlorpyrifos that can cause asthma and brain damage. This toxicant is not safe for pregnant women and children to ingest even in trace amounts, but it is especially dangerous for the farmworkers who come into direct contact with it while they work.

By Abre' Conner

People pick strawberries in an agricultural field.

Black Athletes Are Not Objects for Our Entertainment but People from Families and Communities Impacted By Acts of Injustice. I Support Them.

While for some the jury may still be out on whether Trump is a white supremacist, there is the mounting evidence to support the claim. 

By Novella Coleman

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