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The Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate today passed An Act Relative to Transgender Anti-Discrimination (S.2407), which would expand anti-discrimination protections to transgender
Today, the ACLU of Massachusetts filed a federal lawsuit defending the right to record the police on behalf of two residents of JP and Roxbury against the Boston Police Department and the District Attorney for Suffolk County.
Promoting body-worn cameras for police has always been about one thing: police accountability. Communities across the country are advocating for the adoption of these devices because of a history of abuses experienced by historically vulnerable and disenfranchised communities.
Events at Boston Latin School—culminating in the recent resignation of the headmaster and assistant headmaster, amid controversy over the school's handling of race-related incidents—bring the city
The Supreme Court issued a decisive ruling today in what has been described as the most important abortion case in decades.
In a case decided today by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, regarding application of the "necessity defense," the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts successfully defended the rights of a man charged with trespassing in the hallway of mixed-use property after being unable to