An anonymous parent expresses her dreams for her elementary school daughter, her concern about the failure to provide language services to her English Learner daughter, and her fear of retaliation from the school if her identity is revealed.
An anonymous parent expresses her dreams for her elementary school daughter, her concern about the failure to provide language services to her English Learner daughter, and her fear of retaliation from the school if her identity is revealed.
Esai Morales's Public Service Announcement for the ACLU of Southern California highlighting concerns that too many English Learners are not receiving services required in California public schools.
Backstage at the ACLU of Southern California Bill of Rights Dinner, UC Irvine Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky talks about the state of civil rights in 2012.
Scooter Braun accepts his Bill of Rights award presented by the artist Usher.
Duncan Roy was held in Men's Central Jail for 89 days because the Sheriff's Department refused to allow him to post bail.
Our report, Sheriff Baca's Strike Force, made headlines across California. The report shows that Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies are responsible for horrific head injuries, such as broken orbital bones and deep cuts on the face and head, which often send inmates to the hospital.
The ACLU's lawsuit against the City of Anaheim seeking to end at-large elections pursuant to the California Voting Rights Act was featured on Real Orange. Learn more about the lawsuit at http://www.aclu-sc.org/moreno/.
Le decision de la Corte Suprema sobre la ley SB 1070 afectara el estado de Arizona. Abogada Marisol Orihuela del ACLU de California del Sur platica sobre como puede afectar la decision de la Corte Suprema al estado de California.
Our report, Sheriff Baca's Strike Force, made headlines across California. The report shows that Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies are responsible for horrific head injuries, such as broken orbital bones and deep cuts on the face and head, which often send inmates to the hospital.
Jails expert Tom Parker describes the pattern of violence in the LA Jails system.
During his brief incarceration, Gordon Grbavac was assaulted and then forced to say on camera that he had caused the injuries himself.
Chaplain Paulino Juarez describes a vicious assault on an inmate.
For the first time, chaplains and other civilians are stepping forward as witnesses to deputy-on-inmate brutality in Los Angeles County Jails.
CBS News reports on the rampant deputy-on-inmate brutality in Los Angeles County Jails.
ACLU of Southern California Board Member Olivia Wilde on the ACLU's long history of protecting constitutional rights.
Le decision de la Corte Suprema sobre la ley SB 1070 afectara el estado de Arizona. Abogada Marisol Orihuela del ACLU de California del Sur platica sobre como puede afectar la decision de la Corte Suprema al estado de California.
ACLU/SC Executive Director Hector Villagra discusses the death penalty on Primera Edicion Univision.
Mariaté Ramos le da seguimiento a su primer informe sobre la demanda en contra el estado y el distrito de Dinuba. Ambas agencias responden a las alegaciones de parte de la ACLU y los padres.
Telemundo 52 documented the U.S. Border Patrol's recent activity in Corona, California -- a city more than one hundred miles from the U.S./Mexico border
On Univision 34 morning news, ACLU/SC Attorney Lucero Chavez discusses the importance of empowering the Latino community by telling them about their rights when it comes to interacting with law enforcement officials.
ACLU/SC Attorney Marisol Orihuela discusses religious freedom in the workplace on Univision 34 morning news.
Backstage at the ACLU of Southern California Bill of Rights Dinner, UC Irvine Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky talks about the state of civil rights in 2012.
Scooter Braun accepts his Bill of Rights award presented by the artist Usher.
Laurence Tribe accepts the Ramona Ripston Liberty, Justice and Equality Award at the 2011 Bill of Rights Dinner.
ACLU of Southern California Board Member Olivia Wilde on the ACLU's long history of protecting constitutional rights.
ACLU of Southern California Board Member Olivia Wilde on the ACLU of Southern California 's long history of protecting constitutional rights.
ACLU of Southern California Executive Director Hector O. Villagra delivers the keynote speech of the Bill of Rights Dinner on December 12, 2011.
ACLU/SC Executive Director Hector Villagra explains what the SB 1070 ruling means, how California should move forward, and what you can do to help fix our broken immigration system.
There are many who seek to consolidate their power at the expense of others, and the ACLU helps balance the scales by defending justice, freedom and fairness.
The American Civil Liberties Union has earned a four-star rating from 
