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People For in Action
August 30, 2017 1:51 pm | By Jen HerrickProtect DACA and Pass the Dream Act
Media reports continue to suggest that President Trump will end the critically important Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which has allowed hundreds of thousands of young immigrants to pursue careers and education without fear of deportation. This comes…
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News and Analysis
August 30, 2017 10:25 am | By Michael KeeganTrump Emboldened White Supremacists — And Now They Know He Has Their Back
This post originally appeared in HuffPost. There were “very fine people” taking part in the white supremacist event, Trump contended, red-faced and belligerent. It was a sickening new low, even from a man who spent his presidential campaign energizing white…
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News and Analysis
August 30, 2017 10:05 am | By Bradley Williams“Whose Streets” is the Epitome of Resistance!
This movie highlights the struggles of people trying to voice their grievances over not only another killing of an unarmed black man by the police but also many years of systemic oppression experienced by the local Black community. Instead of…
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Op-Ed
August 29, 2017 5:00 pm | By Lizet OcampoDemocrats have never needed a deeper bench and never had a thinner one.
So let’s fix that. These are dark days for Democrat still sorting through the ashes of the 2016 elections. When Donald Trump won the electoral and thus the White House in 2016, and Republicans maintained control of both houses of Congress,…
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People For in Action
August 24, 2017 1:14 pm | By Jen HerrickConcerns Remain After DOJ Narrows DisruptJ20 Warrant
Last week brought the disturbing news that Sessions' Justice Department attempted to serve a search warrant on DreamHost and force the web hosting platform to turn over the IP addresses of everyone who visited DistruptJ20.org, along with emails and unpublished…
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News and Analysis
August 23, 2017 5:03 pm | By Paul GordonGOP Efforts to Break Up the Ninth Circuit Would Harm Justice
Don’t like losing in court? Don’t like it when the independent judiciary set up by our nation’s founders shuts down your plans as illegal and even unconstitutional? Hate it when judges who are supposed to be insulated from politics issue…
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Op-Ed
August 17, 2017 4:28 pm | By Bradley WilliamsThe New Civil Rights Crisis
This post originally appeared on Medium. I grew up in one of the parishes white supremacist David Duke won when he ran for governor. Duke, a former KKK leader, and many others like him spew hatred to push their white…
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News and Analysis
August 17, 2017 11:03 am | By Marie LindbergKhizr Khan: Trump “has failed us.”
Khizr Khan, People For the American Way Foundation board member and Gold Star father, appeared on Anderson Cooper 360 on Tuesday night to condemn the appalling lack of leadership from Trump this week. Earlier on Tuesday, Trump doubled down on…
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News and Analysis
August 15, 2017 2:46 pm | By Michael KeeganA special note about the emboldened white supremacists who rallied in Virginia this weekend
“Sieg heil,” “White Lives Matter,” “Jews will not replace us,” and “blood and soil” — a translation of the Nazi slogan “blut und boden” — were among the chants heard from the crowd at the “Unite the Right” rally in…
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Op-Ed
August 15, 2017 1:44 pm | By Taif JanyOur Diversity is Our Strength: White Supremacy Has No Place in America Today
This post originally appeared on HuffPost. Nine years ago this month I arrived in the United States to attend Union College in Schenectady, NY, where I finished my undergraduate studies. I still remember the very first thing I noticed the…
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News and Analysis
August 11, 2017 1:45 pm | By Paul GordonCorrecting Misinformation on Blue Slips
Kudos to Politico for publishing an article today on the extremely important topic of lower federal courts (that is, not the Supreme Court)—especially the circuit courts of appeal. Unfortunately, it appears they were given some misleading information that needs to…
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People For in Action
August 7, 2017 2:22 pm | By Jen HerrickRAISE Act Continues Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Assault
From his early days as a “birther” testing the presidential waters to his first six months in the Oval Office forging headlong into the Muslim ban, a border wall, and deportations, President Trump has waged an unrelenting assault on the…
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People For in Action
August 7, 2017 10:12 am | By Jen HerrickBringing Transparency and Accountability to Private Prisons
One of the hallmarks of the first six months of the Trump administration has been its dramatic walkback of the federal role in protecting the civil rights of communities of color—with Attorney General Jeff Sessions leading the charge as head…
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Op-Ed
August 4, 2017 5:22 pm | By Elliot MincbergSessions: Tell the Truth About Your Project to Attack Campus Diversity Efforts
This piece was originally published on HuffPost. Earlier this week it was widely reported that the Department of Justice (DOJ) was planning “a new project to investigate and sue universities over affirmative action admissions policies they determine discriminate against white applicants.” A…
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Op-Ed
August 3, 2017 4:33 pm | By Taif JanyTrump’s Nativist Attacks on Immigrants Weaken Our Country
This post originally appeared in HuffPost. As a green card holder myself, I can tell you from personal experience that immigrants fight really hard and struggle so much to obtain their green cards. They do that because they want to…
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People For in Action
August 1, 2017 10:24 am | By Jen HerrickFighting for Justice at Justice Means Opposing the Dreiband Nomination
This December will mark the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice. This division is supposed to ensure that civil rights protections are enforced, especially for those who are too often the target of…
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Op-Ed
July 31, 2017 10:25 am | By Marie LindbergKhizr Khan: Anti-Muslim Vitriol Has Deadly Consequences
In the wake of a rising number of anti-Muslim attacks, the introduction of “anti-sharia” state laws, and a president that knowingly provokes fear and hatred of religious and ethnic minorities, the "March Against Sharia" events that took place last month…
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People For in Action
July 28, 2017 12:11 pm | By Jen HerrickTrump and GOP Move On from Attacking Health Care (For Now) to Attacking Economic Justice
In the early morning hours of July 28, 51 U.S. senators voted against a health care repeal bill that would have robbed millions of women and working families of their health care and been particularly devastating to people of color.…
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Op-Ed
July 27, 2017 2:49 pm | By Elliot MincbergThe Real Reasons Why Jeff Sessions is a Failure as Attorney General
This post originally appeared in the HuffPost. With all the attention lately on President Trump’s complaints about Attorney General Jeff Sessions, there has been very little focus on the genuine problems with Sessions’ job performance. In six key areas –…
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People For in Action
July 27, 2017 1:57 pm | By Marie LindbergLet’s Talk “Election Integrity”: PFAW Foundation Panel Discusses Taking Action against Trump’s Voter Suppression Commission
While the Trump’s new “Presidential Commission on Election Integrity” met for the first time on Wednesday last week, People For the American Way (PFAW) and allies rallied outside of the meeting demanding that the commission respect the voting rights of…