Publication
Mar 22, 2019
Rachael Rollins speaks at an ACLU-held DA candidate debate at the Suffolk House of Corrections in fall 2018.
  • Criminal Justice Law Reform

In Boston, people are charged with crimes that waste taxpayers’ money and prosecutors’ time

When people in Boston are charged with certain low-level crimes and misdemeanors, prosecutors dismiss the charges nearly 60 percent of the time.
Publication
Mar 8, 2019
Women holding rally signs for abortion access
  • Reproductive Freedom|
  • +1 Issue

Breaking down barriers to abortion access

The ROE Act will help ensure access to safe, legal abortion in Massachusetts.
Publication
Feb 28, 2019
Customs and Border Patrol officer checks someone's passport at an airport
  • Privacy and Surveillance

Continuous immigration vetting: The labyrinth of government databases continues to grow

Under the Trump administration, the federal government has been particularly eager to expand its surveillance and database systems to track noncitizens.
Publication
Feb 27, 2019
Rahsaan Hall
  • Racial Justice

Changing course – an historic turn of events in Boston’s criminal legal system

For the first time ever, Boston’s top three law enforcement officials are Black.
Publication
Feb 22, 2019
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  • Free Speech and Expression

Know Your Rights: The Pledge of Allegiance and the National Anthem

Commemorating the anniversary of a landmark case for free speech and expression in schools.
Publication
Feb 22, 2019
Yellow background and faded black gavel under text "Thousands of drug charges dismissed."

Thousands of people were wrongfully convicted. We’re letting them know.

We are spreading the word that wrongfully convicted people have a path to justice—and an opportunity to more easily rebuild their lives.
Publication
Feb 15, 2019
Trump Declaring National Emergency
  • Immigrants' Rights

There is no ‘national emergency’ at the border, and Trump’s declaration is illegal

President Donald Trump admits he’s making his move because he didn’t get his way with Congress, and in the process, he hurts American communities.
Publication
Feb 14, 2019
Lucimar de Souza and her son
  • Immigrants' Rights

Love, freedom

In the nearly 100 years of our existence, the ACLU has always fought for the right to live and love freely.
Publication
Jan 30, 2019
Oumou Kanoute
  • Racial Justice

Smith College overhauls policing practices after Black student racially profiled

After a Smith College employee called the cops on a Black student as she ate lunch, Smith will take up the ACLU’s recommendations for police reforms.