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March 22, 2018 4:23 pm | By 41734Protecting Students Includes Safeguarding Their Rights
Gun violence prevention is once again on everyone's minds after 17 people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. People For the American Way protested outside the White House and marched to the U.S. Capitol on…
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February 28, 2018 11:37 am | By 28186Right-Wing Justices Deal Serious Blow to Even Legal Immigrants, Including Dreamers
In a sharply divided ruling on Tuesday in Jennings v. Rodriguez, the Supreme Court overruled an appellate court decision that said that all immigrants detained by the federal government were entitled to a bond hearing every six months and could…
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February 27, 2018 6:02 pm | By 44533One Last Chance to Save the Internet
The battle to save the internet is not over yet. During the “Operation: #OneMoreVote” day of action on Tuesday, thousands of people rallied across the country to pressure members of Congress to vote on a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution,…
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January 3, 2018 4:42 pm | By 53562Trump Sneaks In Some Last-Minute Cruelty Before the New Year
Don’t let all the golf fool you! Donald Trump actually had a busy holiday break. On the Fridays before Christmas and New Year’s Day, when many of us weren’t paying much attention, Trump and his administration snuck in big rollbacks…
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December 13, 2017 3:47 pm | By 28194White House Withdraws Two Controversial Judicial Nominations
This post was originally published on Right Wing Watch. The White House today walked back the nominations of two of President Trump’s most controversial judicial nominees, Brett Talley, a 36-year-old with a record of online extremism who had never tried a…
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December 11, 2017 9:49 am | By 41734America Needs the Child Care for Working Families Act
President Trump and his daughter, Ivanka, have been making empty child care promises since the 2016 campaign trail, and now we have a Trump tax scam that leaves child care—what working families really need—out altogether. Senator Patty Murray and Representative…
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November 28, 2017 5:15 pm | By 44533150,000+ Strong for Transparency in Online Political Spending
On November 9, People For the American Way joined several partner organizations in delivering more than 150,000 comments and signatures—a new record—calling on the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to establish new guidelines for disclosure in online political spending. Senator Amy…
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November 3, 2017 2:11 pm | By 41734Trump Tax Scam Sets Up Big Losses for Our Families and Our Rights
Update: On the afternoon of November 3, People For the American Way and PFAW's African American Ministers In Action joined Americans United for Separation of Church and State and 75 other organizations to strongly oppose the language in President Trump's…
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October 30, 2017 11:31 am | By 41734Uncovering the Sham in Trump’s Voter Suppression Commission
Ever since the deeply embarrassing week that surrounded the September meeting of Trump's sham voter suppression commission, the question has been what's next for Kris Kobach, Hans von Spakovsky, and the rogues gallery of proponents of false voter fraud claims…
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September 28, 2017 1:02 pm | By 41734PFAW Endorses Udall-Price “We the People” Legislation
On September 27, People For the American Way joined Democracy 21, the Brennan Center for Justice, Common Cause, the League of Women Voters, Public Citizen, and government ethics experts Norman Eisen and Richard Painter in applauding the We the People…
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July 26, 2017 10:05 am | By 41734Trump Bans Trans Service on Anniversary of Troop Integration
On this day in 1948, President Harry S. Truman racially integrated the US Armed Forces when he signed Executive Order 9981. So it's especially cruel that President Trump announced in an early morning series of tweets today, of all days,…
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June 26, 2017 12:28 pm | By 28194Supreme Court To Hear Wedding Cake Case Brought By ADF
This post originally appeared on Right Wing Watch. The Supreme Court today announced that it will hear one of the many cases that Religious Right groups have been promoting involving what they say is the First Amendment right of wedding…
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June 14, 2017 10:29 am | By 41734Budgets Set Policy Priorities—Will DOJ Stand Up For Civil Rights?
Tuesday started with an important question: Where Is The ‘Justice’ In Sessions’ DOJ? Then we watched closely as Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appeared before the House and Senate appropriations committees to answer for DOJ's misplaced priorities when it comes…
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June 6, 2017 11:53 am | By 41734Pride Month: LGBTQ Progress and Holding the Trump Administration Accountable
One year ago, President Obama marked the final LGBTQ Pride Month of his administration by calling on the American people to eliminate prejudice and celebrate diversity. Today, President Trump has failed to even recognize Pride Month, choosing instead to mark…
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May 31, 2017 4:15 pm | By 28183Trump Administration Guts Federal Agencies’ Ability to Protect Civil Rights
This piece originally appeared in Huffington Post. In recent decades a critical role of the federal government has been to enforce laws that protect marginalized communities from discrimination, with offices in multiple agencies focused on investigating wrongdoing and curbing civil…
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May 23, 2017 10:46 am | By 41734Americans Deserve a Federal Budget that Safeguards their Health and Rights
With new Trump budget details released today, one thing is ever more clear: President Trump wants the federal government to work for people like him at the expense of everyone else. When Trump released his so-called "skinny budget" back in…
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May 11, 2017 8:59 am | By 41734As Budget Fight Shifts, Another Right-Wing Threat Looms Large: Tax Reform
The budget fight is over for now. As we await more details about next year's proposed funding, among a host of fiscal challenges, another right-wing threat looms large: tax reform. President Trump has been carrying the right-wing water on tax…
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May 3, 2017 8:10 am | By 41734Equality Act is Critical Next Step in Fight for Full LGBTQ Equality
The LGBTQ equality movement has come a long way over the last ten years. From hate crimes protections, to open military service for gays and lesbians and people who are transgender, to full marriage equality for same-sex couples, and more,…
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April 27, 2017 10:25 am | By 41734Riders Resurface on Eve of Shutdown
Much of this week's budget debate has focused on whether Affordable Care Act subsides will continue and who should pay for them. Now that President Trump seems to have given up on holding the government hostage to his ACA demands,…
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April 24, 2017 2:06 pm | By 41734With Spring Recess Over, Congress Must Address Looming Trump Threat
Earlier this month, we wrote about President Trump's out-of-step priorities. From policy riders that undermine our rights, our health, and our democracy, to the diversion of government funding away from the critical needs of the most vulnerable among us, Trump…