ACLU sues over RIPTA data breach affecting state employees
October 25, 2022

ACLU sues over RIPTA data breach affecting state employees

The lawsuit argues that both RIPTA and UHC did not adequately encrypt and secure the personal information...

Brown University accused of violating Title IX by cutting women’s athletics
June 29, 2020

Brown University accused of violating Title IX by cutting women’s athletics

More than twenty years after a precedent-setting court victory finding that Brown University violated federal Title IX...

Seven organizations call on Governor to repeal executive order delaying access to public records
May 29, 2020

Seven organizations call on Governor to repeal executive order delaying access to public records

…rescission of the order is essential in light of the “message of indifference that this action is...

Groups request that RIDE make school districts’ remote learning plans publicly available
March 20, 2020

Groups request that RIDE make school districts’ remote learning plans publicly available

“This act of transparency will serve two very important purposes. First, it will give officials in school...

ACLU files Rhode Island Supreme Court brief in support of Foxy Lady
October 31, 2019

ACLU files Rhode Island Supreme Court brief in support of Foxy Lady

The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island (ACLU of RI) filed a “friend of the court”...

AG Kilmartin sides with Trump on church/state separation case before the Supreme Court
October 31, 2019

AG Kilmartin sides with Trump on church/state separation case before the Supreme Court

One day before Christmas and a week before his last day as Rhode Island Attorney General, Peter...

ACLU: Justice reinvestment undermined by General Assembly expansion of “Statehouse-to-Prison Pipeline”
October 31, 2019

ACLU: Justice reinvestment undermined by General Assembly expansion of “Statehouse-to-Prison Pipeline”

A new report from the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island (ACLU RI) finds that, “the...

Progresso Latino and ACLU tell Central Falls: Curfews don’t work
October 31, 2019

Progresso Latino and ACLU tell Central Falls: Curfews don’t work

Progresso Latino and the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island (ACLU RI) have sent a letter...

Reproductive Health Care Act gets its hearing at a busy State House
October 31, 2019

Reproductive Health Care Act gets its hearing at a busy State House

Bills dealing with guns, immigration and reproductive rights were heard in the Rhode Island House Committee on...

Rhode Island Coalition for Reproductive Freedom announces legislative agenda
October 31, 2019

Rhode Island Coalition for Reproductive Freedom announces legislative agenda

“Protecting reproductive freedom, including access to contraception and safe, legal abortion, is important to me as a...

ACLU and RIDLC ask US Attorney to investigate police policies governing communication with the deaf
January 24, 2018

ACLU and RIDLC ask US Attorney to investigate police policies governing communication with the deaf

The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island (ACLU) and the Rhode Island Disability Law Center (RIDLC)...

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