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  • October 16, 2013 4:10 pm | By Libby

    Houston Chronicle’s Buyer’s Remorse Over Ted Cruz Endorsement

    (Picture credit to @darth) If you’re following the shutdown news at all, you probably realize that Ted Cruz has come out of this looking ridiculous. Unless you’re Ted Cruz, of course—he thinks it’s going great. Last week, at the Values…

  • October 16, 2013 2:40 pm | By Paul Gordon

    Leading Conservative Judge Says He Was Wrong to Uphold Voter ID Law

    Richard Posner, one of the nation's most prominent and influential conservative appellate judges, now admits he was wrong to uphold a strict photo ID law in 2007. His opinion for the Seventh Circuit was later upheld by the Roberts Court…

  • October 16, 2013 1:13 pm | By Paul Gordon

    Roberts Court Not Likely to Help Victims of Human Rights Abuses

    The Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday in a case relating to corporate collaboration in human rights abuses in a foreign country. DaimlerChrysler v. Bauman addresses a situation that is becoming increasingly common in a world with multinational corporations doing…

  • October 15, 2013 8:42 pm | By Libby

    PFAW Delivers Nearly 100,000 Petitions to Speaker Boehner

    The Tea Party may have succeeded in shutting down the government, but last week PFAW members showed them that they can’t shut down the people’s voice. Nearly 100,000 people signed our petition calling on Speaker Boehner to stand up to…

  • October 15, 2013 7:12 pm | By Paul Gordon

    Will the Roberts Court Choke Off Greenhouse Gas Regulations?

    Opponents of greenhouse gas regulation are likely cheering the Supreme Court's decision this morning to hear challenges to the EPA's legal authority to regulate certain greenhouse gas emissions. The EPA concluded in 2009 that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases…

  • October 11, 2013 7:04 pm | By Diallo Brooks

    Continuing the Fight for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

    With so many distractions these days, from an ongoing government shutdown, to debt limit deadlines, you can imagine how easy it may be for other issues to go by the wayside. That’s why it’s increasingly important that we keep pressing…

  • October 11, 2013 3:41 pm | By Jen Herrick

    Honoring Matthew Shepard means remembering all those silenced by hate

    October 7 marked the 15th anniversary of Aaron Kreifels finding Matthew Shepard clinging to life in a field outside Laramie, Wyoming. Tomorrow, October 12, marks 15 years since his untimely death. Those who don't know his story should see The…

  • October 11, 2013 2:09 pm | By Miranda Blue

    Maddow Uses Right Wing Watch Research For Report On Religious Right In Russia

    Last night, Rachel Maddow aired a segment on the American Religious Right’s involvement in shaping Russia’s anti-gay laws, crediting Right Wing Watch’s research. She also calls out prominent GOP politicians for their support of the National Organization for Marriage, whose…

  • October 10, 2013 4:43 pm | By Jen Herrick

    Does your mayor support the freedom to marry?

    Though the Supreme Court rulings in June marked significant progress, there is still much work to be done in the fight for marriage equality. More than 350 mayors nationwide have joined our friends at Freedom to Marry in that fight.…

  • October 8, 2013 9:30 pm | By Layne Amerikaner

    PFAW and Allies Rally for Democracy at the Supreme Court

    As the Supreme Court heard arguments today in McCutcheon v. FEC – a campaign finance case in which the Court will decide whether to strike down overall limits on direct political contributions – a great crowd of PFAW and allies…

  • October 8, 2013 7:19 pm | By Paul Gordon

    What Universe Is the Roberts Court Living In?

    During today's oral arguments on the McCutcheon money in politics case, there was an exchange that demonstrated that the conservative Justices live in another universe, and their rulings are based on a view of the world that bears little resemblance…

  • October 8, 2013 2:36 pm | By Diallo Brooks

    Voucher Programs Still Don’t Make the Grade for Students, Parents and Taxpayers

    Conservatives have long touted the game-changing impact that voucher and similar taxpayer funded K-12 school tuition programs have on improving educational success, but as you peel back the layers we find lackluster results at best. A recent Politico article shines…

  • October 7, 2013 8:10 pm | By Paul Gordon

    Cuccinelli Fails at the Supreme Court

    The U.S. Supreme Court today denied Ken Cuccinelli's bid to enforce Virginia's law criminalizing “sodomy,” despite a landmark 2003 Supreme Court case striking such laws down. The Virginia Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate has been seeking to use the “sodomy”…

  • October 7, 2013 5:20 pm | By Jen Herrick

    Matthew Shepard calls upon us to Imagine

    Fifteen years ago today, on October 7, 1998, Aaron Kreifels found Matthew Shepard clinging to life in a field outside Laramie, Wyoming. Unfortunately, Shepard lost that battle five days later. What resulted was a rallying cry for the LGBT equality…

  • October 7, 2013 4:29 pm | By Paul Gordon

    Watch Out, the Roberts Court is Back in Session

    Today is the first Monday in October, which means the United States Supreme Court is beginning a new term. The term that ended in June, though it had a couple of bright spots, was mostly more of what we have…

  • October 4, 2013 9:12 pm | By admin

    Lehigh Tea Party Commissioner Tom Creighton Compares Same-Sex Partners to Pets

    By Jodi Not to be outdone by PA's Department of Health and Human Services recently comparing gay and lesbian couples to 12-year-olds, Lehigh County PA Tea Party Commissioner Tom Creighton Wednesday explained his opposition to an initiative to expand benefits…

  • October 4, 2013 8:51 pm | By Scott

    Corbett Forced To Apologize After Comparing Same-Sex Marriage To Sibling Incest

    Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett hasn’t been helping his own approval ratings lately. A Corbett administration legal brief filed on August 28th regarding the state’s same-sex marriage ban seemed to argue that same-sex marriage is analogous to the marriage of two…

  • October 3, 2013 9:50 pm | By Paul Gordon

    Dahlia Lithwick and Jamie Raskin Discuss New Supreme Court Term

    Earlier today, PFAW hosted a telebriefing for our members on the upcoming Supreme Court term, featuring two of the nation's most respected progressive experts on the Court: Dahlia Lithwick, a senior editor at Slate magazine, writes "Supreme Court Dispatches" and…

  • October 3, 2013 5:12 pm | By Jen Herrick

    Put this toolkit to good use and call your Senators today, “pass ENDA now!”

    Update: With meetings in DC and calls coming in from across the country, ENDA supporters are sending a clear message to the Senate: pass ENDA now! It's not too late to join them. Take a look at our just-released toolkit…

  • October 2, 2013 7:49 pm | By Jen Herrick

    New documentary revisits the climate change we all should want

    Last spring, PFAW staff members and friends attended a screening of Lee Hirsch's documentary, Bully, which tells the stories of young people bullied in school, the challenges they faced, the actions they took, and the lessons they teach us all.…