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5.7.08
"Don't be manipulated."
The ACLU of Massachusetts is spreading the word about "Safe Homes" through this innovative new rap public service announcement. The so-called "Safe Homes" program is the Boston Police Department's effort asking people to "voluntarily" open their doors to warrantless searches of their homes for guns.
Download (62 seconds, MP3, 1.5 MB)

4.23.08
ACLU of Massachusetts Secures Victory for Freedom of Speech and Association
Case Against NAMBLA Members Dismissed With Prejudice
Statement

4.18.08
ACLU opens "Safe Homes" phone line
If you need information about the BPD's so-called "Safe Homes" program of warrantless door-to-door searches -- or if you receive a "Safe Homes" visit -- please call 617-376-3776. You can also download our detailed briefing paper or our one-page fact sheets in English and Spanish.

4.17.08
Latest Civil Liberties Update available
The latest newsletter of our Civil Liberties Task Force is here.

4.17.08
ACLU of Massachusetts launches new "Wonk" podcast series
Why even try to deny it? We're wonks—and it's because we care about and want to know what's going on in this country. If you do, too, download our new "Wonk" podcasts.

Mike German

4.10.08
Confronting the Surveillance Society
ACLU Policy Counsel and former FBI Special Agent Mike German, above, addressed our 2008 Conference, speaking with Executive Director Carol Rose on "Confronting the Surveillance Society: Real ID, NSA Spying, Warrantless Wiretapping, and Fusion Centers." You can hear their talk, and others, through our new "Wonk" podcast series.

RECENT BLOG ENTRIES

Telling off the Supreme Court - We all want to do this.

Bartenders serve up drinks, customs checks - "Ridiculous"!

In more public places, cameras are on watch - "We used to think of the United States as a place where the government was not spying on citizens."

RSU fights for poster rights, ACLU speaks -
Bill Newman, director of our Western Massachusetts Legal Office, spoke at this free speech rally at UMass Amherst.

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Keith Olbermann photo by Marilyn Humphries

View photos from the 2007 Bill of Rights Dinner, and read a blog by one attendee.

	Take Action!
1	Support Transgender Rights House Bill 1722 clarifies and updates Massachusetts' nondiscrimination laws to protect people regardless of gender identity or expression. Urge the Co-Chairs of the Judiciary to give HB1722 a favorable report: Senator Robert Creedon (617) 722-1200 Robert.Creedon@state.ma.us Representative Eugene O’Flaherty 617-722-2396 Rep.GeneOFlaherty @hou.state.ma.us For details on HB1722, see our fact sheet, or this page from the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition.
2	Tell House Leaders: Keep Standing Up to Bush The House let Bush's unconstitutional spying bill expire. Let's keep it that way.
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