Commentary: Biden Can Save the Country Again… This Time by Not Running
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Washington, DC – President Biden has tanking poll ratings with the…
President Biden Signs Executive Order to Protect Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services
Special to the Vanguard Washington, DC – Two weeks after the Supreme Court issued a decision that…
Commentary: Supreme Court Deals a Huge Blow on Climate Change
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The US Supreme Court struck a huge blow to efforts to…
President Biden’s $10,000 Per Student Loan Forgiveness Announcement Criticized by Students and Advocates.
By Natalia Ruvalcaba and Neha Malhi WASHINGTON, DC. – The Biden administration late Friday reported student loans…
Biden Signs Executive Order for National Police Accountability after Legislation Fails
By Matthew Torres and Eliza Hernandez WASHINGTON, DC –An executive order was signed Wednesday by President Joe…
Guest Commentary: ACLU Commends President Biden for Taking Action on Police Reform
By Udi Ofer Today marks the two-year anniversary of the police murder of George Floyd. This tragedy…
Two Years after Floyd, President Biden to Advance Historic Executive Order on Police Accountability
By David M. Greenwald Executive Director Washington, DC – On the two year anniversary of the murder…
Guest Commentary: A Promising Appointment Brings Hope for Federal Clemency Applicants
The new pardon attorney’s background in public defense may bring a needed perspective to those seeking relief….
Commentary: Has Reisig Really Been a Leader in Combating Ghost Guns? No, Bonta and Boudin Have
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Last fall I attended a press conference with…
Commentary: We Celebrate the Feat of Jackson Getting to the Supreme Court and Mourn the Loss of an Independent Judiciary
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor I would be remiss if I did not reflect on the…
President Biden signs Methamphetamine Response Act into Law
by Robert J. Hansen President Joe Biden signed into law Wednesday, the Methamphetamine Response Act, which Senators…
President Biden Nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Serve as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
By Delilah Hammons WASHINGTON, DC – President Joe Biden has nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson—who would become…
President Biden’s Federal Judicial Nominations Reach 13th Round, Now Total 83
By Veronica Miller and Katherine Coviello WASHINGTON, DC – President Biden released eight names this week for…
ACLU, Others Go to Court Challenging Biden Administration’s Upholding Trump-Era Unlawful Immigrant Expulsions Under Title 42
By Michele Chadwick and Isabel Garbarino WASHINGTON, DC – After failed negotiations with the Biden Administration in…
My View: Slouching Toward Dystopia
By David M. Greenwald Executive Director This month the iconic essayist and journalist Joan Didion died at…
ACLU Polls Shows Broad, Bipartisan Support for Biden to Grant Clemency to COVID-19 Incarcerated Transferred Home from Prison
By Ava Schwartzapfel WASHINGTON, DC— In the heat of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress passed the CARES (Coronavirus…
Biden Re-Instates Trump Administration Migrant Protocol Protections Program
By Ankita Joshi WASHINGTON D.C. – President Biden has announced that the Trump Era Migrant Protocol Protections…
Guest Commentary: Biden’s ‘Quiet Revolution’ Puts More Public Defenders on Federal Bench
By Diana Becton, John Creuzot and Miriam Aroni Krinsky Most Americans rightly focus on important decisions made…
Guest Commentary: Addressing Racialized Violence Against Migrants Requires a Complete Overhaul of Customs and Border Protection
Absent deep reforms, Border Patrol’s long history of racist, violent abuse means inhumanity like that displayed in…
Guest Commentary: ACLU Joins Call to Shut Down ICE Detention Centers
By Isra Chaker When President Joe Biden came into office, he promised to end the cruelty and…
