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November 5, 2010 10:13 pm | By Paul Gordon
Sudden Silence on “Voter Fraud”
In the days and weeks leading up to Election Day, Republicans and their allies across the country were up in arms over the massive voter fraud they were insisting that Democrats were engaging in. Of course, what they were really…
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November 5, 2010 9:33 pm | By Jen Herrick
Department of Education takes a stand for LGBT youth
October 28 marked the one-year anniversary of President Obama’s signing of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. I recently wrote about how honoring Matthew is part of Making It Better. Not only must we make…
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November 5, 2010 9:32 pm | By Miranda Blue
Meet the Senate’s New Freshman Class!
A new People For the American Way video introduces you to the newly elected Freshman Class of senators: Want to make sure these new senators don't implement their extreme agenda? Visit www.pfaw.org/FightBack.
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November 4, 2010 10:16 pm | By Brian
Big Victories for Young Progressives
This year People For the American Way Action Fund endorsed over eighty candidates of the age 35 or younger who were running for public office. Many of the candidates were already elected officials, while others were running for office for…
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November 4, 2010 8:31 pm | By Brian
Crossroads Blasts Bank Bailouts But Takes Wall Street Money
While American Crossroads as a 527 group is mandated by law to disclose its donors, its sister 501c4 “social welfare” group, Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies (GPS), is allowed to keep its sources of funding a secret to the public. In…
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November 4, 2010 5:23 pm | By Miranda Blue
Known Money, Secret Money
OpenSecrets.org reported yesterday that on the whole, millionaire and billionaire self-financed candidates pretty much flopped in Tuesday’s elections. Four out of every five of the 58 federal-level candidates who spent more than $500,000 of their own money on their campaigns…
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November 4, 2010 1:59 pm | By Brian
Behind The Republican Money Web
Yesterday’s vote does not mean the end for the many Super PACs and shadowy political organizations that have emerged this election season. By raising hundreds of millions of dollars from individuals and corporations, often without having to disclose their sources…
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November 3, 2010 7:43 pm | By Paul Gordon
Election Day Voter “Fraud” and Intimidation
Election Day saw a number of efforts to intimidate or trick Democrats out of their constitutional right to vote, stoke fear of rampant voter fraud, and delegitimize possible victories by Democrats. (See here for the days leading up to Tuesday).…
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November 3, 2010 7:10 pm | By Miranda Blue
Listen Live: What the 2010 Elections Mean For America
This afternoon at 4:00 PM Eastern, Peter Montgomery, a Senior Fellow at People For, will be on WBAI in New York discussing yesterday’s elections and how our 5 Election Day Stories to Watch are playing out. You can listen live…
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November 2, 2010 9:34 pm | By Miranda Blue
Rogues to Watch Out For
Whatever the results of today’s elections, there’s little doubt that the incoming Congress will shift drastically to the Right. How far right? In a new piece in the Huffington Post, People For’s president, Michael Keegan, examines some of the trends…
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November 2, 2010 7:28 pm | By Jen Herrick
Breaking fraud/suppression news from Election Day
With Election Day half over (at least for some), we have three new reports of the Right Wing’s voter-fraud fraud and voter suppression. This follows up on a couple of the items Miranda shared earlier this afternoon.Florida. Consider this another…
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November 2, 2010 6:25 pm | By Paul Gordon
Sheldon Whitehouse Analyzes “Judicial Activism”
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has authored a thoughtful piece in the National Law Journal, one that makes an important contribution to our national dialogue on the role of the Supreme Court in Americans' lives. This is a must-read analysis of "judicial…
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November 2, 2010 5:11 pm | By Miranda Blue
The Morning Voter Suppression Roundup
Here at People For, we’ve been following right-wing voter suppression schemes…often carried out under the guise of preventing “voter fraud,” a proven non-problem that has become code simply for minorities and young people voting.This morning, reports of voter suppression and…
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November 2, 2010 2:49 pm | By Jen Herrick
As Election Day begins, more fraud/suppression stories
Reports continue to pour in of the Right Wing’s voter-fraud fraud and voter suppression related to today’s election. I wanted to make sure you’d seen some of the stories that haven’t yet made it into our reports.11/1 SUCCESS: Justice Department…
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November 1, 2010 10:13 pm | By Miranda Blue
3 Reasons to Vote Tuesday
There are many reasons why it is important to vote tomorrow. Here are three of them: Because you care about a government that cares about people. Take a look at our Rogues’ Gallery of Right-Wing Senate candidates. A coalition of…
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November 1, 2010 10:11 pm | By Paul Gordon
Video Game Violence and the First Amendment
Tomorrow at the Supreme Court, the Justices will hear arguments over whether the state can limit minors’ access to extreme depictions of violence.California law bans the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. In adopting the law, the…
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November 1, 2010 9:56 pm | By Paul Gordon
Still more on the voter “fraud” / voter intimidation front
Some more on the voter "fraud" / voter intimidation front:Alabama’s Republican Secretary of State has offered a $5000 bounty for "information reported to her office that leads to a felony conviction of voter fraud."A federal district judge has ruled that…
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November 1, 2010 8:47 pm | By Paul Gordon
Employment Discrimination Case at the Supreme Court
Elections will not be the only thing happening on Election Day. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in an important employment discrimination case where the official who fired the plaintiff was free of bias, but her decision was…
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November 1, 2010 5:00 pm | By Brian
The Most Outrageous Ads of the Election
This election cycle has experienced a massive flood of political spending following the dramatic weakening of campaign finance laws in cases such as Citizens United and SpeechNow. According to Political Correction, between August 1st and October 29th, the ten biggest…
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November 1, 2010 4:35 pm | By Miranda Blue
In an Open Letter, People For Urges ABC to Distance Itself from Breitbart
Right-wing activist and noted smear concocter Andrew Breitbart announced Friday that he would be appearing on ABC News tomorrow as an election night "analyst." Faced with backlash from progressive groups, ABC News has said that Breitbart will appear only as a guest…