A Multi-Generational Fight for Desegregated Schools in Los Angeles

For more than 40 years, equal access to educational opportunities of Los Angeles students under the California Constitution have been protected by a court order. Now, those court-ordered protections are being challenged.

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Government records reveal how racist its agents really are

We're calling on the courts to end Trump's racial profiling in the southland.

By Mayra Joachin

We will not tolerate police or ICE violence and state terror

Trans Kids Belong on Our Teams, in Our Schools, and in Our Communities.

U.S. Supreme Court decision on trans youth in sports ignores trans perspectives and does not change CA law.

By Amanda Goad

Girls Playing Sports

Nicole Gon Ochi Named Education Equity Project Director

The ACLU of Southern California protects the constitutional rights of all students to equal educational opportunity.

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The Fight to Reunite Our Families Requires All of Us

Read to learn more about the history of family policing and family reunification in SoCal and beyond.

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VIDEO: This Pride, We Will Not Stop Living and Being Who We Are

The TransLatinaCoalition is one of the oldest immigrant and trans-led organizations in the country and their advocacy helps keep all of us safe.

2026 L.A. Pride with ACLU SoCal

VIDEO: Mother's Day Action Outside Men's Central Jail

Watch to hear from JusticeLA mothers who spent this past Mother’s Day advocating for their loved ones who died in L.A. County custody.

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VIDEO: This May Day, We Affirm the Fundamental Human Rights of All Workers

Watch the video to hear from our Executive Director Chandra Bhatnagar on why we march to honor labor organizing across the world.

The ACLU SoCal staff and board at May Day 2026

VIDEO: Why does white rage have a grip on our criminal legal system?

Watch historian and author Heather Ann Thompson in conversation with ACLU SoCal’s Summer Lacey.

By Marcus Benigno

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