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People For in Action
June 4, 2019 4:10 pm | By Jen HerrickCongress Must Address Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
As health disparities continue to rise for people of color and other systemically-oppressed communities, Congress must make a strong investment in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health program. As People For the…
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News and Analysis
June 4, 2019 2:10 pm | By Elliot MincbergConfirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Prevent Trial on Bias Claim by Latino Police Detective
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. Trump Fifth Circuit Judge Kurt Engelhardt cast the deciding vote in Inocencio v. Montalvo to affirm a decision granting summary…
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People For in Action
June 4, 2019 10:27 am | By Marge BakerJudicial Nominees Richard Hertling and Ryan Holte Should Not Be Confirmed
Floor votes are expected the week of June 3 on Trump judicial nominees Richard Hertling and Ryan Holte, both of whom are being considered for the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. The vacancies that Hertling and Holte would fill both…
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News and Analysis
June 3, 2019 1:01 pm | By Bettina RamonJay Inslee: “Judges Need to Support the Constitutional Rights of Everyone”
As the 2020 presidential primary season continues to heat up, PFAW is continuing its focus on protecting the federal courts by encouraging Democratic candidates to make the courts a key issue in their campaigns. On May 24, Washington Governor Jay…
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News and Analysis
June 3, 2019 11:17 am | By Elliot MincbergConfirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Kavanaugh and Gorsuch Vote Again to Authorize Prisoner’s Painful Execution
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. In a bizarre sequel to an April order in which the Court reversed two lower courts and authorized the…
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News and Analysis
May 31, 2019 2:28 pm | By Diallo Brooks, Derrick CroweThe Progressive Happy Hour: Holistic Gun Violence Prevention
Many people only hear about gun violence in the context of mass shootings. Americans are rightfully horrified and urgent in our call for gun violence prevention, but gun violence is about more than mass shootings – and too often, those…
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May 30, 2019 10:42 am | By Tori SlattonTrump Continues His Assault On the Transgender Community with More Backward Policies
Since the 2016 election, President Trump and his administration have systematically targeted our most vulnerable populations to score political points with his political base. In addition to broader attacks on LGBTQ+ rights, the transgender community in particular has often endured…
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State and Local Update
May 29, 2019 5:36 pm | ByNext Up Victory Fund Celebrates 11 Endorsee Wins
This May, 11 young, progressive candidates and Next Up endorsees won big in primary and special elections in New York, Pennsylvania, and Arizona. Among these notable wins is Korin Kirk’s re-election to the Binghamton School District Board of Education in Binghamton,…
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News and Analysis
May 29, 2019 5:00 pm | ByConfirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Four Trump Judges Try to Immunize Flint Officials from Liability for Flint Water Crisis
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. Four Trump Sixth Circuit judges on the Sixth Circuit Court – Judges Amul Thapar, Joan Larsen, John Nalbandian, and…
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News and Analysis
May 29, 2019 11:42 am | By Paul GordonOn Possible SCOTUS Vacancy, McConnell Gets Candid about GOP’s Corruption and Hypocrisy
On May 28, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell admitted what we already knew: The reason he gave for blocking Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court was a lie. As reported by CNN: Speaking at a Paducah Chamber of Commerce…
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May 26, 2019 3:24 pm | By Tori SlattonUnderstanding and Combatting Abortion Restrictions in the States
Although anti-abortion legislation in the states has long been a concern, many reproductive rights activists have become increasingly alarmed in 2019 as state legislators throughout the South and Midwest are implementing extremely restrictive and near-total abortion bans. These extreme bans…
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News and Analysis
May 24, 2019 1:35 pm | By Diallo Brooks, Christin “Cici” BattleThe Progressive Happy Hour: The Impact of the Right’s Judicial Takeover
Regular listeners of the podcast know that the importance of our federal courts is a topic we revisit regularly. And with the Right being clearer than ever about their goal to overturn Roe v. Wade and Trump’s judicial nominees refusing…
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People For in Action
May 24, 2019 11:04 am | By Tori SlattonPFAW Supports the Passage of the Democracy For All Amendment
The Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United was one of the most devastating decisions in recent history, and further enabled the spread of big money in our politics to undermine our democracy. The amount of election spending has skyrocketed with…
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People For in Action
May 23, 2019 11:18 am | By Tori SlattonActivists Across the Country Rally to #StopTheBans
Emboldened by Trump’s conservative Supreme Court agenda, including the push to overturn Roe v. Wade, many state legislators are moving to limit reproductive rights by passing some of the most restrictive abortion bans we’ve seen in recent history. Although these…
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Federal Update
May 23, 2019 11:10 am | By Rio TazewellRep. Raskin Joins the Mueller Book Club
PFAW has partnered with our allies in the Trump Is Not Above the Law coalition to organize a weekly internet broadcast featuring legal and political experts reviewing the Mueller report, section by section, providing insight, discussing its implications, and answering…
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News and Analysis
May 22, 2019 4:54 pm | By Elliot MincbergD.C. Circuit is Critical in Protecting the Rule of Law from a Lawless Trump
The day after federal judge Amit Mehta flatly rejected Donald Trump’s claim that the House Oversight Committee could not subpoena financial records from Trump’s accounting firm, Trump’s lawyers appealed the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.…
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People For in Action
May 22, 2019 2:18 pm | By Tori SlattonPFAW Supports the Equality Act and Urges Mitch McConnell to Schedule a Vote in the Senate
On May 17, the Equality Act (H.R. 5), which seeks to ensure the right to live free from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, among other provisions, passed the House of Representatives by a bipartisan 236-173 vote. Although…
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People For in Action
May 22, 2019 1:55 pm | By Jen HerrickThe Election Assistance Commission is Critical to Protecting our Democracy from Unprecedented Threats
The Election Assistance Commission is tasked with supporting election officials on issues of election technology, election management, and voting access and opportunity. These are especially critical functions with voter suppression on the rise, the ongoing fallout and threat from Russian…
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People For in Action
May 22, 2019 10:30 am | By Amenah GulamhuseinChallenging the Invisibility of Black Women: A Speaker at the VASHTI Convocation
Research suggests that Black women are more likely than any other racial or gender group to go unrecognized and unheard because they live at the intersection between two marginalized groups. When our society challenges sexism, it typically centers white women's…
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News and Analysis
May 21, 2019 3:49 pm | By Paul GordonJudicial Nominee Stephen Clark Claimed Same-Sex Marriage Leads to Polygamy
The Senate is planning to vote on Stephen Clark’s nomination to be a federal judge in the Eastern District of Missouri. Those who vote to confirm Clark might as well be putting a “kick me” sign on the United States…