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After ACLU win for free speech, Worcester, Lowell face legal fees

The Worcester Telegram & Gazette has detailed the fees now faced by Worcester and Lowell, after they tried to restrict the free speech rights of poor people.

January 12, 2016

Enforcement of the public records law should not be optional

With a public records law that’s at the bottom of the heap nationally (really, we keep getting F grades), Massachusetts lawmakers shouldn’t settle for half-measures and pretend that it’s real refo

January 8, 2016

Former MBTA Officer Jennifer Garvey indicted for assault & battery of Roxbury resident Mary Holmes

Former MBTA police officer Jennifer Amyot Garvey has been indicted on five charges related to the beating of American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts client Mary Holmes (pictured above)--a woman pepper-sprayed, beaten and arrested by Garvey and MBTA police officer Alfred Trinh, after Holme

January 8, 2016

Ending the Drug War: A Journey of a Thousand Miles

Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu once said “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” On January 6, the Massachusetts House of Representatives took a first step toward dismantling our failed “war on drugs.”

January 7, 2016

5 pasos para protegerse de las redadas de inmigración

La agencia federal de inmigración (ICE) anunció una nueva ola de redadas con el propósito de deportar a personas centroamericanas que ya tienen órdenes de deportación. En Massachusetts, se han escuchado rumores de redadas pero hasta hoy no se ha confirmado ese tipo de acción.

January 7, 2016

Framingham paper calls for justice in Stamps death

January 5, 2016