Research & Publications

Publication
Jan 8, 2021
Image of TRUMP 2020 flag and American flag with city in background

After an attack on our democracy, we must have truth and accountability

Publication
Jan 4, 2021
Police clash At Boston

What the movement for police accountability achieved in 2020—and what comes next

Publication
Sep 16, 2020
Scales of Justice

The legacy of Chief Justice Gants

Publication
Aug 14, 2020
Surveillance camera and words "what are you looking at?"
  • Privacy and Surveillance

Mass. High Court: Cops Must get a Warrant to Conduct Long-Term Video Surveillance of a Private Home

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the Massachusetts state constitution prohibits police from conducting continuous, long-term pole camera surveillance targeted at a private home without a warrant.
Publication
Jul 14, 2020
Police car with sirens
  • Police Accountability|
  • +1 Issue

Trump’s DOJ found Massachusetts police guilty of appalling rights abuses. Will the legislature act?

Qualified immunity in Massachusetts allows police to get away with appalling rights violations. Lawmakers must swiftly pass legislation that includes strong qualified immunity reform.
Publication
May 14, 2020
Voting booths
  • Voting Rights

Voting rights are indispensable, even in a pandemic

We can’t let COVID-19 threaten our democracy.
Publication
May 13, 2020
Screens with AI assisted analysis and surveillance of individuals
  • Privacy and Surveillance|
  • +1 Issue

Blocking Face Surveillance in Boston

The ACLU is proud to work with the Boston City Council to pass much-needed ordinances to ban face surveillance and assume democratic control over the city’s rapidly expanding surveillance apparatus.
Publication
Apr 8, 2020
ACLUM
  • Racial Justice

Data show COVID-19 is hitting essential workers and people of color hardest

Publication
Mar 17, 2020
Doctor Stethoscope medical privacy

In battling coronavirus, we can be both safe and free

If we are to avoid living in some kind of locked-up surveillance dystopia, government officials at the federal, state, and local levels together must make voluntary compliance possible.