Hollywood offers ominous visions of facial recognition's future
We don’t yet inhabit these imagined worlds, but if we aren’t careful, the reality of ubiquitous tracking via facial recognition isn’t far away.
May 11, 2018On Liberty
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DAs and mandatory minimums
In the United States, approximately 94 percent of all convictions happen because the accused plead guilty. This means that people charged with crimes rarely – if ever – go to trial.
May 8, 2018
A movement 50 years in the making
You can kill a person, but you cannot kill a movement.
April 4, 2018
District attorneys and civil asset forfeiture
When the ACLU of Massachusetts conducted a poll last July, voters were most surprised to learn that district attorneys control funds gained through civil asset forfeiture.
April 2, 2018
Our police resources should be used to fight crime – not separate families.
From the first-ever National Women’s Rights Convention in 1850 to the marriage equality movement on Beacon Hill, Massachusetts is often among the first states to stand on the right side of history.
March 23, 2018
Mayor Walsh, let’s build our own wall—to protect Bostonians from Trump
We must reject the Trump administration’s bigotry, racism, and hatred; to do that, we must build our own wall – in the form of concrete policies, ordinances, and procedures – to protect our communities from federal harm.
March 20, 2018