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October 2, 2013 3:06 pm | By Miranda Blue
People For the American Way and McAuliffe Campaign to Launch Major Spanish-Language Ad Buy in VA
TV Ad Campaign Will Highlight Ken Cuccinelli's Discriminatory Agenda & Career-Long Record of Divisive Rhetoric People For the American Way and Terry McAuliffe's campaign for Virginia governor will launch a major partnership next week to highlight McAuliffe’s commitment to making Virginia open…
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October 1, 2013 6:28 pm | By Libby
The Republican Electoral Rigging Plan Is Back
It’s all been quiet on the election-rigging front for a while—so quiet that you might have thought the Republicans’ plan to rig the electoral college had been quietly dropped. Sadly, that’s not the case. Florida state Rep. Ray Pilon introduced…
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October 1, 2013 5:50 pm | By Jen Herrick
PFAW Releases New Toolkit on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) is civil rights legislation that would make it illegal to fire, refuse to hire, or refuse to promote employees because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Specifically, ENDA would expand current federal employment protections…
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October 1, 2013 4:45 pm | ByShutdown Isn’t Symptom of Tea Party Ideology, It IS Tea Party Ideology
It's easy to wonder how a group of people hired to do one job -- simply to keep a country running -- could be bungling it so terribly. That is, until you remember that a powerful faction of those people…
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September 30, 2013 4:51 pm | By Layne Amerikaner
New Poll Finds “Overwhelming Support” for ENDA
An “overwhelming majority” of Americans support federal legislation protecting LGBT people from workplace discrimination, new data from Republican pollster Alex Lundry finds – including a majority (56%) of Republican voters. In fact, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) is so in…
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September 27, 2013 9:25 pm | By Paul Gordon
Windsor’s Echoes in New Jersey
This afternoon, a trial court in New Jersey ruled that the state is required under the state constitution to extend full marriage to same-sex couples. This is an appropriate and predictable outcome of the Supreme Court's decision in June striking…
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September 27, 2013 8:27 pm | By Paul Gordon
Three Exceptional DC Circuit Nominees
Next week, the Senate Judiciary is expected to complete its review of President Obama's three nominees for the DC Circuit by advancing the nomination of Robert Wilkins to the full Senate. As with Patricia Millett and Nina Pillard, committee Republicans…
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September 27, 2013 8:23 pm | By Libby
Republican Admits His Party Does Better When People Don’t Vote
How’s all that new outreach going, GOP? Not that well, it seems. This week, Nevada Assembly Minority Leader Pat Hickey gave meaning to that old political saying, “A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.” Speaking on a conservative…
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September 27, 2013 2:59 pm | By Drew Courtney
Sen. Richard Blumenthal Discusses the GOP’s Judicial Obstruction and the DC Circuit with PFAW Members
President Obama has nominated three extraordinarily well qualified individuals to serve on the influential U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. But the Republican Party's intransigence and opposition have turned this into one of the most important obstruction fights…
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September 26, 2013 4:31 pm | By Layne Amerikaner
After Outcry From PFAW Foundation and Others, NC School Board Rescinds Ban on ‘Invisible Man’
The North Carolina school board that voted to ban Ralph Ellison’s landmark novel Invisible Man from school libraries last week has now voted to reinstate the book, reports Asheboro’s Courier-Tribune. Last week after hearing about the ban, PFAW Foundation president…
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September 24, 2013 6:37 pm | By Miranda Blue
Rubio Holding Up Nomination of Openly Gay African American Florida Judge
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida has for months been single-handedly holding up the nomination of William Thomas, an openly gay African American Miami judge, to a federal district court. Rubio’s indefinite hold on Thomas’ nomination is one of the most…
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September 24, 2013 4:47 pm | By Miranda Blue
Senate Confirms First Ever Openly Gay Circuit Court Judge
The Senate today confirmed Justice Department attorney Todd Hughes to a federal appeals court, making him the highest-ranking openly gay federal judge in U.S. history. President Obama has nominated more openly gay men and women to the federal courts than…
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September 20, 2013 8:31 pm | By Layne Amerikaner
PFAW Foundation Urges North Carolina School Board to Reverse Decision Banning ‘Invisible Man’
People For the American Way Foundation president Michael Keegan sent a letter to members of the Randolph County, North Carolina, Board of Education today urging them to reverse their decision banning Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man from school libraries. Following a…
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September 20, 2013 5:24 pm | By Calvin Sloan
PFAW Releases New Toolkit on Getting Money Out and Voters In to Our Democracy
Americans today face twin threats to the integrity of our elections. The threats are multifaceted and formidable, involving all branches of government at the local, state and federal level – from legislative bodies, to governorships, to courthouses. The aims are…
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September 19, 2013 5:33 pm | By Miranda Blue
DC Circuit Nominee Nina Pillard’s Broad Bipartisan Support
Georgetown Law professor Nina Pillard, who has had a long and impressive career in law and public service, was approved today by the Senate Judiciary Committee to serve on the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Her nomination…
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September 19, 2013 2:28 pm | By Layne Amerikaner
To Understand GOP Government Shutdown Threats, Follow the Money
If you’re curious why many House Republicans are on board with an unhinged plan to threaten a government shutdown or default over demands to “defund” Obamacare, you should follow the money. That’s what the New York Times editorial board argued…
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September 19, 2013 2:18 pm | By Paul GordonWhat the GOP Isn’t Saying About the D.C. Circuit’s Caseload
Senate Republicans are working overtime to come up with ways to distract Americans from the unmasking of their partisan motives for blocking President Obama from filling the three vacancies to the D.C. Circuit – vacancies for which there are currently…
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September 18, 2013 8:08 pm | By Libby
Carl Sciortino’s “Coming Out” Ad Makes A Splash
Back in July, PFAW Voters Alliance was proud to endorse state Rep. Carl Sciortino in the Massachusetts Fifth District special election. A true progressive, Carl made waves when he was first elected in 2004 as an openly gay challenger to…
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September 18, 2013 2:06 pm | By Peter Montgomery
The Scandal Cuccinelli Can’t Dodge: His Extremist Positions
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli wants to be the state's next Governor. But he has been dogged by an ethics scandal involving gifts he received from the head of a company that has sued the state. So last week, Cuccinelli…
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September 18, 2013 1:59 pm | By adminDC Circuit Court of Appeals Nominee Nina Pillard: 10 Things You Should Know
On June 4, 2013, President Obama nominated Georgetown Law Professor Nina Pillard to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Over the course of her law career, Professor Pillard has won historic Supreme Court victories,…