Research & Publications

Access in-depth resources and analysis published by the ACLU regarding our most pressing civil liberties issues.

AI-Powered Surveillance Is Turning the United States into a Digital Police State. Now is the Time to Stop It.

Gideon Epstein, Technology for Liberty Policy Counsel at the ACLU of Massachusetts on how the federal government is building Big Brother.

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Apr 11, 2016
Jail Cells
  • Criminal Justice Law Reform

Verbal drug testing in schools generates civil liberties concerns

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Mar 18, 2016
Chris Robarge
  • Criminal Justice Law Reform|
  • +2 Issues

Students do not benefit from increased police presence in schools

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Mar 14, 2016
Jessie Rossman
  • Privacy and Surveillance

Current policy lets schools spy on students

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Mar 10, 2016
Carol Rose
  • Reproductive Freedom

U.S. Supreme Court must rule in favor of equal abortion access

Publication
Feb 19, 2016
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  • Privacy and Surveillance

A defense for Apple's stand against government privacy violations

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Feb 3, 2016
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  • Government Transparency

Boston Herald renews call to reform public records law

Publication
Jan 31, 2016
Carol Rose
  • Government Transparency

Carol Rose: Looking for a hero on public records

Our executive director Carol Rose urged the state Senate to vote in favor of a public records reform bill in an op-ed carried by several Massachusetts papers.
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Jan 22, 2016
Jessie Rossman
  • Criminal Justice Law Reform

Massachusetts legislature votes to end imprisonment of women civilly committed for addiction

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Dec 29, 2015
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  • Government Transparency

Most localities fail test on state records law