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We Can Make Them Disappear.

Today’s LA Times editorial points out the destructive effects of the “Secure Communities” program on our civil rights and on public safety.

August 12, 2011

Latinos Are Shut Out from the Redistricting Process

August 9, 2011

Brown's New Budget Prioritizes Jails & Prisons, Cuts Schools, Universities and Healthcare

Advocates Call for Permanent Cuts to Prisons Through Sentencing Reform

Poll Finds That California Voters Believe “Too Many People in Prisons” and Support for Lessening Penalties for Drug Possession

June 28, 2011

Lawsuit declares LA 'homeless veterans capital' of the country, says West LA VA complex being misused

In a major lawsuit aimed at providing housing for homeless veterans in Southern California, the American Civil Liberties Union and veterans groups have sued the federal government for alleged misuse of the Veterans Administration complex in West Los Angeles.

June 9, 2011

VA Facility in West Los Angeles Abandons Homeless Veterans - Lawsuit Challenges VA's Misuse of Land Given to House Injured Vets

Four homeless veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and other disabilities today sued Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki and the director of the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System for misusing the VA campus in West Los Angeles. They filed suit on behalf

June 8, 2011

ACLU Calls On Rowland Unified School District to Stop Censoring LGBT Websites

“Don’t Filter Me” Initiative Challenges Illegal Internet Filtering That Exposes Schools to Liability for Censorship

May 31, 2011