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ACLU/SC Condemns Senate Vote to Let Telecoms Off the Hook for Role in Spying
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 — ACLU/SC members made phone calls and sent faxes to California’s Sen. Dianne Feinstein asking her not to support telecom immunity. She and Sen. Barbara Boxer voted against the final bill. read more
African American Students Speak Out About Sheriffs' Race-Based Roundup on Campus
Thursday, February 7, 2008 — Last October, L.A. County Sheriff's deputies entered a popular L.A. community college and stopped every African American student they found, searching their schoolbags and holding many for more than an hour. read more
Paraplegic Man Sues Hospital That Dumped Him on L.A.'s Skid Row
Thursday, January 17, 2008 — The lawsuit is the second against a major hospital for dumping patients in downtown L.A. read more
Accomplished Actor and Activist to Lead ACLU/SC's Board of Directors
Thursday, January 17, 2008 — The ACLU of Southern California's board of directors has elected actor and activist Alan Toy as its next president. read more
U.S. Ends Forced Drugging of Immigrants After Shocking Lawsuit
Friday, January 11, 2008 — Raymond Soeoth and Amadou Diouf were drugged against their will and without proper medical oversight during attempts to deport them. read more
Death Penalty's Fairness Under Fire
Thursday, January 10, 2008 — California is poised to examine the many flaws in our death penalty system. The ACLU will present new evidence about the unfairness and arbitrariness of who is sentenced to death at a series of official state hearings. read more
Stars Are Out, But Civil Liberties Shine at 2007 Bill of Rights Dinner
Friday, December 14, 2007
On the Road to Citizenship, But Stuck in a Rut
Monday, December 10, 2007 — Hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have satisfied the requirements for U.S. citizenship are left in limbo by the U.S. government for months and even years. read more
Muslim Woman's Religious Rights Violated by Local Sheriff
Thursday, December 6, 2007 — The ACLU is representing a Muslim woman forced to bare her head by San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputies in violation of her religious beliefs. read more
Tear Down L.A.'s Central Jail, Rebuild It Smaller
Tuesday, November 27, 2007 — Los Angeles needs a new jail. That's what the ACLU/SC is telling county leaders. The decrepit, overcrowded Men's Central Jail puts inmates and guards at risk of disease and violence. read more
ACLU Watchful After LAPD Rejects Plan to Map Muslims
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 — The Los Angeles Police Department has dropped its plan to map L.A.'s Muslim community as part of its counter-terrorism strategy. read more
Charges Dropped in 20-Year Old Deportation Case
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
ACLU/SC Helps Man Fight For Conscientious Objector Status
Monday, October 22, 2007
CNN Exposes Illegal Drugging of Deportees
Friday, October 19, 2007
L.A. Agrees to Build New Housing in 'First Step' to Ending Homelessness
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
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Criminal Justice
Report: Racial Profiling and the LAPD: Reform & Resistance
Economic Justice
Suit Against Santa Monica for Throwback Treatment of Disabled Homeless
Educational Equality
Pushing Back Against LAUSD Layoffs: Equal Education For All
Get Help Fixing California's Broken Classrooms
Freedom of Speech
Suit to Protect Veteran's Free Speech Rights
Immigrant Rights
Immigrants with Mental Disabilities Lost in Detention for Years
Jails Project
ACLU Report Finds LA Men’s Jail Plagued by Violence
LGBT Equality
Prop 8: Focusing on the Wrong Question
Religious Liberty
Blocking Faith, Freezing Charity
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