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Same-Sex Marriage Is Not Enough: Refocusing the Fight for LGBTQ Equality

Boston's Rainbow Times looks ahead from this summer's win for marriage equality, and they asked us for the ACLU view:

August 6, 2015

Executive director Carol Rose discusses public records reform on WGBH

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July 27, 2015

Officials fear updates to Massachusetts public records law

Our executive director Carol Rose takes on opposition to long-overdue reforms to Massachusetts public records law, in the Boston Globe. She writes:

July 24, 2015

State should do the right thing with tainted drug convictions

In May, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a landmark decision for due process in our Bridgeman

July 22, 2015

No one is above the law when it comes to government transparency

Scare tactics threaten to kill a widely supported bill that would fix Massachusetts' broken public records law, which often leaves the media, good government groups, environmental protection and health care groups and other organizations in the dark.

July 18, 2015

'We can't lock up our way out of the substance abuse problem'

ACLU of Massachusetts executive director Carol Rose speaks with NECN about national and local efforts for needed criminal justice reform—including President Obama's announcement this week of

July 16, 2015