News & Commentary

Yesterday, the Departments of Justice and Education rescinded Obama-era guidance clarifying that transgender students are protected from discrimination by Title IX, the federal law that bars gender discrimination. Here are five important things you should know:

The repeal of the Affordable Care Act would plunge people back into a world of healthcare inequality and discrimination.

This week, Deadline reported that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is in negotiations with the major movie studios to settle agency charges of systemic sex discrimination against women directors.

The ACLU of Southern California and its partners are hard at work to defend the rights of people detained at Los Angeles International Airpot. As the situation develops, we will post updates here.

It was also a moment of relief, when Mayor Eric Garcetti finally stood with the people of Los Angeles declaring that our city must be a sanctuary city.

The following was first published in the Voice of OC

The number of women given the opportunity to direct and tell their stories through film is dismally small, yet last year, Hollywood found a way to make that number even smaller, according to a new study by San Diego State University.

[VIDEO] Watch my conversation with lawyer, activist and Gold Star father Khizr Khan and find out what he has etched on the back page of his pocket Constitution.

This week, California state lawmakers introduced three groundbreaking bills that could prevent thousands of immigrants from being torn from their families, communities, and the lives they built here.