Click play below to listen to a podcast of PFAW's March 25th telebriefing on right-wing attacks on workers and the middle class.
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PFAW Edit Memo: The Lesson From One Year of Health Care Reform—Pay Attention to the Courts
When health care reform legislation was signed one year ago, the sustained attack against health care reform didn’t stop when the bill was signed. Almost immediately, the opponents of the bill opened a new attack on the legislation in a different venue: the federal courts.
Protecting Constitutional Citizenship: 14th Amendment under Fire
Anti-immigrant activists would have us believe that doing away with constitutional citizenship in the 14th Amendment will stem the tide of illegal immigration. In reality, this radical redefinition of citizenship would do nothing to solve the problems we’re facing and would instead force countless children into the shadows due to someone else’s choice that was out of their hands.
PFAW Urges Congress to Repeal DOMA Immediately
Today, members of the House and Senate introduced measures to repeal the “Defense of Marriage Act,” which for fifteen years has encoded discrimination against gay and lesbian Americans into federal law.
PFAW Rallies to Support Wisconsin’s Workers
Hundreds of workers’ rights supporters gathered in front of the offices of the BGR Group lobbying firm to welcome Wisconsin’s Republican legislators to Washington in response to the lawmakers pushing through a union-busting bill last week despite widespread protests against the legislation.
Voices of People For the American Way's Wisconsin Supporters
A compilation of letters from PFAW activists in Wisconsin.
Stand Against Union Busting
On Wednesday night, Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate rammed a union-busting bill through the Senate. The bill is opposed by 74 percent of Wisconsin citizens and has inspired protests throughout the nation.
PFAW Edit Memo: Progress on Judicial Confirmations (But Not Enough)
From: Marge Baker, People For the American Way
To: Interested Parties
Date: March 8, 2011
Re: Progress on Judicial Confirmations (But Not Enough)
Letter Opposing House Homeland Security Committee Hearing on March 10
We write to strongly object to the House Homeland Security Committee’s plans to hold hearings on the “radicalization” of American Muslims. Our concern is that these hearings will serve to further promote the demonization and scapegoating of millions of American Muslims, while providing little valuable insight into the prevention of domestic terrorism.
The Story of Citizens United v. FEC
Citizenship in the Balance: New Report Examines Right-Wing Efforts to Repeal Constitutional Citizenship
Efforts to deny the right of citizenship to some children born in the United States not only stand on shaky constitutional and historical ground, but threaten to drown out productive debate on immigration reform with misleading anti-immigrant rhetoric, argues a new PFAW report.
PFAW Commends President Obama’s Stand Against Unconstitutional Defense of Marriage Act
President Obama today ordered the Department of Justice to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act in courts, because the discriminatory statute is unconstitutional.
Indiana Official Who Encouraged Violence Against Protestors Should Resign
The Indiana deputy attorney general who called for the use of violence against pro-union protesters in Wisconsin resigned just hours after PFAW activists and others pressured for his resignation.
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.
House-Passes Devastating Amendment in Latest Attack in the GOP's War on Women
Moments ago, the House passed an amendment from Rep. Mike Pence that would eliminate all federal funding to Planned Parenthood clinics, which provide critical health services to millions of women each year.
PFAW Stands With Wisconsin's Public Workers
Thousands of public employees in Wisconsin are protesting this week in response to Gov. Scott Walker's attempt to strip public employee unions in the state of their collective bargaining rights and to reduce benefits to public workers.
Backlash Against SD Anti-Choice Bill Proves Voters Want Jobs, Not Attacks on Women
A proposed bill in South Dakota that would have classified murders of abortion doctors as “justifiable homicide” has been shelved after a national outcry, according to news reports. The bill, the latest in a series of attacks on women from state and federal lawmakers, drew outrage from pro-choice groups, including People For the American Way.
Silencing Women, Threatening Their Rights: Attacks on Choice and Preventive Care
January 22, 2011 marked the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. This landmark ruling, along with the earlier Griswold v. Connecticut, recognized a constitutional right to privacy and protected a woman's right to make reproductive decisions based on her own life, health, and conscience. Ensuring that women are trusted to make those decisions is a cause that stills needs our support all these years later. Choice and preventive care are once again under siege in Congress.
Organizations Call on Senate Leaders to Keep Confirmations Moving
In a letter sent today, a wide array of organizations called on Senate leaders to ensure that President Obama’s judicial nominees receive timely votes during the 112th Congress.
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