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September 28, 2023 6:41 pm | By Miranda Jayne BoydHistory Shows Attacks on Education Cannot Be Ignored
The old saying goes, “those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.” Well, some people today are certainly learning the wrong lessons from the past. On September 27, 1958, voters in Arkansas—spurred on by an extremist governor and groups…
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News and Analysis
September 27, 2023 3:19 pm | By Elliot MincbergBiden Judge Provides Deciding Vote to Reject EPA Rule Exempting Drilling and Other Temporary Operations from Air Pollution Regulation
Judge Veronica Rossman, nominated by President Biden to the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, cast the deciding vote in a 2-1 decision that vacated an EPA rule allowing Colorado to exempt oil drilling and other temporary operations…
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News and Analysis
September 26, 2023 11:41 am | By Miranda Jayne BoydPush Back Against Book Banning with People For’s Banned Books Challenge
Book banning is on the rise, and authoritarian attacks on the freedom to learn seem to be coming from all around us. The American Library Association (ALA) has tracked “695 attempts to censor library materials and services and documented challenges…
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In the News
September 25, 2023 6:12 pm | By Svante MyrickSvante Myrick for The Hill: No Labels’ Friendly Facade Masks its Threat to America’s Future
First published in The Hill. “Can we all get along?” More than 30 years ago, after Los Angeles police officers charged with beating him were acquitted at trial, Rodney King asked that plaintive question that has gone down in history. His…
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Op-Ed
September 22, 2023 4:24 pm | By Svante MyrickThe Right’s War on Prosecutors is a Direct Attack on Voters
At every chapter in our history, new crises create new heroes. Right now, the two who are shining the brightest are District Attorney Fani Willis in Georgia and suspended State Attorney Monique Worrell in Florida. These Black women prosecutors earned election to…
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News and Analysis
September 22, 2023 4:14 pm | By Rio TazewellWhy We Must Urge the House to Pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act is designed to stop voter suppression, and it was just reintroduced to Congress this week. This critically important legislation reinstates key provisions of the original Voting Rights Act of 1965, which the Supreme…
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News and Analysis
September 22, 2023 1:36 pm | By Miranda Jayne BoydVoting Rights On the Line: Five Reasons We Must Pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
This week the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA) was reintroduced in Congress. The bill, named after the civil rights icon John Lewis, will be critically important in pushing back the rising tide of recently enacted voter restrictions and…
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In the News
September 21, 2023 3:43 pm | By People For StaffMSNBC: The Christian right’s wish list for Trump is worse than you think
First published on MSNBC. At this year’s edition of Pray Vote Stand, the Christian right’s most influential political gathering, activists previewed their campaign to further cement Trump’s Christianization of the federal bench. The Center for Judicial Renewal, which is run by…
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In the News
September 21, 2023 3:25 pm | By People For StaffDaily Kos: Cavalcade of Extremists: The Christian Nationalist/Anti-Semitic ReAwaken America Tour
First published in Daily Kos. The ReAwaken America Tour: Where T-Shirts Are Nasty & Paranoia Prevails The Christian nationalist ReAwaken America tour is back after a summer hiatus. The tour which features disgraced former General Michael Flynn, frequent guest speakers Eric…
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In the News
September 21, 2023 3:14 pm | By Svante MyrickSvante Myrick for The Hill: Virginia’s elections are a bellwether for conservative policy nationwide
First published in The Hill. In just a few days, the first votes will be cast in elections that face intense scrutiny every time — and never more so than this year. Early voting in Virginia’s off-year statewide elections starts Friday. …
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News and Analysis
September 20, 2023 10:01 am | By Elliot MincbergBiden Judges Reverse Lower Court Ruling Upholding Extension of Traffic Stop to Conduct Search and Seizure Despite Trump Judge Dissent
Judges Lucy Koh and Roopali Desai, nominated by President Biden to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, wrote a 2-1 decision that reversed a lower court that upheld a police search and seizure of drugs and a…
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News and Analysis
September 20, 2023 9:59 am | By Peter MontgomeryWill Alabama, Right-Wing Dark Money, and the Supreme Court Deliver the Dobbs of Voting Rights?
The right-wing majority on the U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly weakened voting rights protections in the 10 years since it gutted a key section of the Voting Rights Act in the notorious Shelby County v. Holder opinion. That opinion opened…
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News and Analysis
September 19, 2023 9:59 am | By Elliot MincbergBiden Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Give Family of Man Shot by Police their Day in Court on Wrongful Death Claim
Judge Holly Thomas, nominated by President Biden to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, cast the deciding vote in a 2-1 decision that reversed a lower court and allowed the wife and mother of a man shot…
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News and Analysis
September 18, 2023 3:49 pm | By Elliot Mincberg, Peter Montgomery, Miranda Jayne BoydTrump Judge Pens Disturbing Opinion Comparing Child Bearing People to Animals in the Wild
Last month, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit released a decision that partially vacated a previous (and awful) decision by Judge Matthew Kaczmaryk that had effectively overturned the FDA’s approval of abortion drug mifepristone. The three-judge panel…
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Op-Ed
September 15, 2023 5:12 pm | By Svante MyrickThe Latest Hit to the Supreme Court’s Credibility Shows it Won’t Police Itself
First published in The Hill. And the hits just keep on coming. Recently, after receiving an extension on the deadline to file legally-required disclosures for 2022, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas submitted records that reveal yet more favors and perks from billionaire…
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Op-Ed
September 13, 2023 4:59 pm | By Svante MyrickBogus ‘Edutainment’ May Be Coming To a Classroom Near You
If you’re a parent or student in America this fall, watch out: “edutainment” could be coming to your school. What’s “edutainment”? It’s what PragerU, a business that is not a university at all but a media shop run by right-wing…
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People For in Action
September 13, 2023 3:48 pm | By Svante MyrickWhat it meant to speak at the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington
On the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, I was invited by the King family, Martin Luther King III, and Andrea, his wife, and Yolanda, their daughter, to speak at the commemoration of the March on Washington. For a…
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Op-Ed
September 11, 2023 5:44 pm | By Svante MyrickRepublicans have made it clear: No state is safe from abortion bans
Previously published in The Hill. Most Americans believe abortion should be legal in most cases. In every state where voters have voted on the issue since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, voters have sided with reproductive freedom and against abortion bans. But the…
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In the News
September 11, 2023 4:54 pm | By Roger VannRoger Vann for Stanford Social Innovation Review: Why We’re Targeting the Hardest to Reach Voters
First published in Stanford Social Innovation Review. For Black Americans, the right to vote has never come easy. After centuries of systemic legal exclusion, our ancestors marched and shed blood time and time again for the right to cast a…
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In the News
September 11, 2023 4:40 pm | ByLGBTQ Nation: This Republican Senate candidate says he’s running to vanquish witchcraft
First published in LGBTQ Nation. A Virginia Republican seeking his party’s nomination to unseat Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) says he is doing so in part to stop witches from taking over the state. Retired Navy veteran Hung Cao launched his…