Press Releases

The American Civil Liberties Union has media staff available to handle inquiries from journalists on issues affecting civil liberties, including questions on legislative matters that touch on civil liberties and constitutional freedoms and inquiries related to ACLU lawsuits.

Reporters with questions about ACLU work, please contact media@aclum.org.

Nov 15, 2018

ACLU demands records on Boston's "gang database" used in deportations

“In order to make Boston a safe city for all its residents, we must meaningfully address discriminatory policing, and confront the role the gang database plays in the lives of young people of color in our city."
Issue Areas: Police Accountability, Privacy and Surveillance, Racial Justice, Immigrants' Rights
Nov 07, 2018

Statement on Jeff Sessions' resignation as Attorney General

Ironically, Sessions may have been forced out of his job not due to any of his improper actions as attorney general, but instead because of one thing he did properly.
Nov 06, 2018

Massachusetts votes to uphold dignity and respect for our transgender neighbors

By winning the first statewide popular vote on transgender rights, Massachusetts voters reaffirmed our Commonwealth as a place that fiercely defends our basic values of dignity and respect for everyone.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Nov 06, 2018

Voters want prosecutors who are committed to criminal legal reform

Voters will be watching – and the ACLU will be working – to make sure district attorneys follow through on promises made for a smarter and fairer criminal justice system.
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform
Oct 12, 2018

After years of misconduct, thousands of additional wrongful convictions are dismissed

Marking a victory for justice, the Massachusetts supreme court delivered a historic decision, requiring thousands of additional dismissals in the Amherst drug lab scandal.
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform
Oct 10, 2018

ACLU represents UMass Amherst employee racially profiled on campus

ACLU continues "Living While Black on Campus" campaign in response to nationwide racial profiling
Issue Areas: Racial Justice, Police Accountability
Oct 03, 2018

ACLU of Massachusetts opposes Judge Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination

Opposing a Supreme Court nominee is a rare move for our organization, but we cannot to be silent at this moment in history.
Sep 19, 2018

People in prison are being denied adequate medical care for addiction

Denying medication-assisted treatment to incarcerated people with opioid use disorder is both unsafe and unlawful.
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform