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Attend a Rally to Save the American Dream this Saturday!
Events have been organized in cities and state capitols across the nation to show solidarity with workers in Wisconsin. Find the event or events nearest you.
Citizenship in the Balance: How Anti-Immigrant Activists Twist the Facts, Ignore History, and Flout the Constitution
America’s broken immigration system requires serious, bipartisan, and comprehensive reform, but a burgeoning movement among anti-immigrant hardliners threatens to jeopardize efforts to fix immigration policies and endanger the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution.
Senate Confirms Three Judicial Nominees
The Senate today confirmed three of President Obama’s judicial nominees as the result of an agreement between Senate Democrats and Republicans.
Events and Video Mark the First Anniversary of Citizens United Decision
To mark the anniversary of Citizens United v. FEC, people across the country organized rallies and house parties to spread awareness of the decision and to call for a constitutional amendment to reverse it. PFAW Foundation released a video about the decision and the need for a constitutional amendment to overturn it.
Citizen Jane Explains the Impact of Citizens United
Cindy Jacobs: Birds Dying Because of DADT Repeal
Limbaugh Says Democrats “Support” Tucson Killer
On his show today, right-wing talk radio host Rush Limbaugh accused the Democratic Party of lending its “full support” to Jared Loughner, the man accused of murdering six people and injuring 14 others in Tucson this weekend.
Sheriff Clarence Dupnik Attack Clips
After Sheriff Clarence Dupnik spoke out against the use of violent imagery and hateful rhetoric in political discourse, right-wing commentators and politicians began attacking Dupnik with further vitriol and malice. Read about just some of the attacks against Sheriff Dupnik emanating from the conservative echo chamber.
Barbour Apologizes, but the Troubling Impact of His Words Remains
In an interview with the Weekly Standard this week, Mississippi Governor and possible presidential hopeful Haley Barbour downplayed the impact of segregation during the civil rights era and praised the Citizens Councils, groups that opposed desegregation and civil rights
The Year of Living Shamelessly: Innovative E-Book Relives the Best Stories of the 2010 Elections
In a new e-book, satirist Paul Slansky guides readers through a remarkable year in American politics and the unforgettable personalities that drove it.
Glenn Beck: Irresponsible And Indifferent To The Violent Consequences of His Dangerous Rhetoric
In a joint report by PFAW and Media Matters, we provide an overview of Glenn Beck’s rhetorical strategies and some of the deadly and damaging impact they have had.
Smithsonian Gives in to the Far Right, Censors the Artist Who “Spoiled Christmas”
Yesterday GOP leaders called for censoring a privately-funded exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. Museum director Martin Sullivan has announced that the disputed work has been removed from the exhibit.
Senate Judiciary Committee Moves Judges Forward, Full Senate Still Gripped by GOP Obstruction
The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved another 11 of President Obama’s judicial nominees, sending them to the full senate where they’ll join 23 others waiting for approval.
Letter to Senate Leadership from Progressive Organizations Calling for an End to the Backlog of Judicial Nominees
Letter from progressive organizations to Majority Leader Reid and Minority Leader McConnell calling for an end to the troubling backlog of judicial nominees that exists to date in the 111th Congress
Appeals Court Strikes Down Arizona Proof of Citizenship Law
In a victory for voting rights advocates yesterday, a federal appeals court in Phoenix struck down a key part of an Arizona law requiring voters to produce proof of citizenship before registering to vote
Look Up Your Polling Place
Election day is just around the corner. Make sure you know where to vote by using the Voting Information Project's polling place lookup application.
Bipartisan Group of Former Attorneys General and Law Professors Call on Congress to Examine Constitutional Amendment To Reverse Citizens United
As the Supreme Court returns today for its new term, a bipartisan group of law professors and prominent attorneys, including seven former state attorneys general, issued a letter criticizing the Court’s ruling in January in Citizens United v. FEC, which equated corporate spending in elections with free speech rights, and calling on Congress to consider a constitutional amendment to overturn the decision.
Senate GOP Blocks All Judicial Nominees as it Leaves for Recess
The Senate left for recess last night without confirming a single one of the 23 pending federal judicial nominees. 21 of these nominees have been waiting over five months for Senate votes, some for nearly a year. Seventeen were approved by the Judiciary Committee without opposition. Eleven have been nominated to fill vacancies designated “judicial emergencies.”
Marge Baker, Executive Vice President of People For the American Way, issued the following statement:
Bryan Fischer: Two Minutes of Hate
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