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HomeAuthorsClaire Gosselin

Articles by Claire Gosselin

Legislation and Policy

Reimagining Communities: Decarcerated, Healthy, Thriving and Safe

March 31, 2022 Claire Gosselin

by Claire Gosselin In Massachusetts and across the nation, people are challenging the criminal legal system: Why, they ask, are so many people incarcerated in the US?  Does incarceration really provide justice, solve crimes, or improve communities?  On the contrary, there’s ample evidence that incarceration […]

Racial Justice and Decolonization

Walking the Walk for a Moratorium on Prison & Jail Construction

September 22, 2021 Claire Gosselin

by Claire Gosselin Governor Baker has incarceration on his mind. He envisions a new women’s prison to replace MCI Framingham to the tune of $50 million.  The state has chosen the HDR Architecture firm to design it.  They promise to make a nice “trauma informed” […]

Black Lives Matter protesters face off against NYPD officers after George Floyd's death last May. picture-alliance/newscom/C.Sipkin.
Racial Justice and Decolonization

Guilty, Guilty, Guilty — Where We Go From Here on Policing

May 20, 2021 Claire Gosselin

by Claire Gosselin Derek Chauvin’s conviction on April 20th on all 3 counts in the murder of George Perry Floyd in Minneapolis last May is seen by many as a step toward accountability, though commentaries note distinct features of the Chauvin case. There is the […]

Black Lives Matter protesters at Peter's Park march, Boston, late May, 2020 (photo: Claire Gosselin/ MAPA)
Racial Justice and Decolonization

Challenging Policing, Reimagining Safe Communities

September 29, 2020 Claire Gosselin

by Claire Gosselin Nationwide protests against police brutality and systemic racism remained strong over the summer, fueled by new instances of police violence and a widespread recognition that the time for the country’s reckoning with its legacy of slavery and Jim Crow has come due. […]

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From the Women: Hiroshima — Never Again!

September 15, 2013 Claire Gosselin

Comments delivered at Brattle Square, Cambridge, August 6, 2013, by Claire Gosselin of Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom, Boston Branch: We are here to remember the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We keep in mind the survivors – the Hibakusha – who share their […]

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