October 31, 2019

Recognizing the tremendous burden that women are carrying in this moment

As the #MeToo movement has swept across the country, it has forced some painful cultural reckoning. Powerful...

November 28, 2017

ACLU to RI police chiefs: traffic ticket quotas are against the law

In response to recent news reports indicating that some local police departments may be implementing traffic ticket...

March 2, 2020

The Trans Day of Remembrance celebrates history, mourns losses

The Trans Day of Remembrance is “an annual day of observance to remember the lives lost to...

October 31, 2019

ACLU says latest figures from state on providing food stamp benefits are “jaw-dropping”

After failing to provide court-ordered reports for August and September on the status of its efforts to...

October 31, 2019

1-877-231-7171 ACLU re-staffs hotline for UHIP-related food stamp complaints

In recognition that a large backlog of food stamp applications causing undue hardship to hundreds of poor...

November 15, 2017

Open Government Coalition Calls on East Greenwich Town Council to Cancel Meeting

From a press release: Today the open government coalition ACCESS/RI wrote a letter to Town Council President...

January 19, 2020

Many questions remain unanswered in police shooting, says ACLU

Saying that many questions remain unanswered, the ACLU of Rhode Island today issued a five page commentary...

January 19, 2020

In wake of police shooting, #JusticeForJoey marches through Providence

Around forty people gathered in front of the Providence Place Mall near CVS to protest the police...

January 19, 2020

Highway police shooting exposes the limits of body cameras

For what seems to be the first time, the Providence Police Department (PPD) release video footage from...

January 19, 2020

A Murder by Police in Rhode Island

[Note: This OpEd was first published on End Police Brutality PVD here.] The person shot earlier today...

January 19, 2020

Are mass shootings preventable in Rhode Island?

Gang violence and active shooter situations are two very different problems. In Providence on Tuesday afternoon, at...

October 31, 2019

ACLU Statement on Court’s Special Master appointment to oversee UHIP

Steven Brown, executive director of the ACLU of Rhode Island, today issued the following statement in response...

January 19, 2020

ACLU sues RI State Police for retaliating against Twin River worker

The ACLU of Rhode Island today sued the RI State Police (RISP) for abusing their power by...

October 31, 2019

Judge William Smith expected to appoint special master to oversee UHIP disaster on Thursday

In response to the state’s unmitigated failure to comply with a court order issued in February designed...

January 19, 2020

Raimondo signs the Protect Rhode Island Families Act into law

“At last, victims of domestic abuse in Rhode Island will not have the constant fear of knowing...