Issues

Learn about what's happening across the most pressing civil liberties issues of our time, and what you can do.

All Issues

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Body-worn video cameras

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy Reform

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A police officer standing next to a group of tents to the side of a freeway on-ramp

Economic Justice

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A group of high school students gathered around a hand-written banner that reads: students not suspects

Education Equity

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First Amendment and Democracy

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Roe v. Wade event, people holding signs in support of abortion rights

Gender, Sexuality, & Reproductive Justice Project

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Houselessness

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Immigrants' Rights

Immigrants' Rights

The ACLU of Southern California is at the forefront of local, state and national efforts to protect all immigrants – citizens and non-citizens alike.
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A female sheriff's deputy standing in front of a jail cell, she's looking to her left where a male sheriff's deputy is walking down the hall with his back to her.

Jails Project

The ACLU Foundation of Southern California is the court ordered monitor of the conditions of confinement and medical services within all Los Angeles County jail facilities.Through advocacy, public education and litigation, we work to ensure that a basic standard of care is provided to individuals.