Equality For All
People For the American Way Supports ENDA and Urges Cosponsorship
ENDA is commonsense legislation that addresses injustice with a sensible solution. As we have noted, it would extend protections that some states and many large corporations already provide – without disruptive business consequences.
African American Ministers In Action Urge Jacksonville Voters to Reject Daniels’ Divisive Rhetoric
On May 17, voters in Jacksonville, Florida will face a runoff city council election. The Democratic candidate, Kimberly Daniels, has repeatedly made denigrating statements regarding religious and sexual minorities and has for years allied herself with the extreme fringe of the religious right.
David Barton’s Christian Nation: Sham ‘Historian’ Hits the Big Time in Tea Party America
Who is David Barton? A new PFAW report explores the growing influence of the fast-talking, self-promoting, self-taught , self-proclaimed “historian” who is systematically misinforming millions of Americans about U.S. History and the Constitution – and increasingly influencing prominent Republican decision-makers.
Barton’s Bunk: Religious Right ‘Historian’ Hits the Big Time in Tea Party America
A new PFAW report explores the growing influence of David Barton, a fast-talking, self-promoting, self-taught , self-proclaimed “historian” who is systematically misinforming millions of Americans about U.S. History and the Constitution – and increasingly influencing prominent Republican decision-makers.
The Bullying Advocates: Report Exposes the Religious Right's Effort to Stop Anti-Bullying Programs in Schools
As states and school districts work to stem a tide of anti-gay bullying in American school, the pro-bullying Religious Right is leading concerted efforts to stop programs that seek to protect LGBT youth from bullying.
Big Bullies: How the Religious Right is Trying to Make Schools Safe for Bullies and Dangerous for Gay Kids
As states and school districts work to stem a tide of anti-gay bullying in American school, the pro-bullying Religious Right is leading concerted efforts to stop programs that seek to protect LGBT youth from bullying.
Republicans Set to Deny Preventative Healthcare to Women
This week, the House and Senate plan to vote on the Pence Amendment, which would end federal funding for Planned Parenthood, putting the health and safety of millions of Americans at stake.
PFAW Condemns House Republicans’ Ban on Local Support for Women’s Health
In the budget deal reached last week, the GOP didn’t only win huge tax cuts for their corporate supporters and the super-rich; they also used the impending government shutdown as leverage to ban local support for women’s health in Washington, DC.
PFAW Applauds Ruling on Arizona Immigration Law
In a welcome move for equality, a federal appeals court today upheld a lower court decision blocking the enforcement of parts of Arizona’s draconian anti-immigrant law.
People For the American Way Supports the Paycheck Fairness Act (Senate)
Especially in this unsteady economy, people who are struggling to pay their bills shouldn’t have to worry about whether they are being discriminated against in the workplace.
People For the American Way Supports the Paycheck Fairness Act (House)
Especially in this unsteady economy, people who are struggling to pay their bills shouldn’t have to worry about whether they are being discriminated against in the workplace.
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.
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.
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.
Progressive Organizations Criticize King for Targeting Muslims
A group of over 50 progressive organizations, including People For the American Way, sent a letter to Rep. Peter King yesterday expressing concern over King’s plan to hold hearings targeting American Muslims.
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.
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