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April 25, 2018 5:17 pm | By 28188Trump Nominee Andrew Oldham’s Committee Testimony Strains Credulity
President Trump’s latest Fifth Circuit nominee Andrew Oldham had his committee hearing on Wednesday, April 25. He has challenged the constitutional legitimacy of the federal agencies that protect the environment, working people, consumers, hurricane victims, and more. As explained in…
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April 23, 2018 2:59 pm | By 28179Another Part of the #MeToo Conversation: Our Nation’s Courts
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and this year the #MeToo movement has shined a long overdue spotlight on work to prevent sexual assault and harassment and to support survivors. So far the conversation has largely been centered on changing…
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April 20, 2018 1:57 pm | By 28187, 28185The Progressive Happy Hour: The Long Fight for Equal Pay
April 10 marked Equal Pay Day, the day when—on average—women’s wages symbolically “catch up” to men’s wages from the previous year. In the April 20 episode of “The Progressive Happy Hour,” co-hosts Christin “Cici” Battle and Drew Courtney sat down with Joi Chaney,…
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April 19, 2018 10:40 am | By 28188Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judge Shows His Extremism in Money in Politics
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. Fifth Circuit Judge James Ho issued a money in politics dissent on April 18 that shows just how extreme…
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April 18, 2018 11:00 am | By 28189Trump May Face Heat for Campaign Finance Crimes
Last week’s FBI raid on the office and home of Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, is just the latest sign that President Trump may be in serious hot water over possible campaign finance violations, in addition to his obstruction of justice…
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April 17, 2018 3:35 pm | By 28184NRA Smear of Teachers Union is Part of a Larger Right-Wing Attack on Education
After the American Federation of Teachers—a union representing 1.7 million educators and other professionals—recently called on Wells Fargo to cut ties with the National Rifle Association, the NRA’s TV channel lashed out against the teachers. “I’ll put this bluntly,” said…
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April 17, 2018 10:38 am | By 28178PFAW’s Right Wing Watch and the Mike Pompeo Confirmation Fight
PFAW’s Right Wing Watch is playing a unique role in the fight to stop the confirmation of Trump’s secretary of state nominee Mike Pompeo. The Radical Right is in full-court press mode, doing everything they can to get Pompeo confirmed.…
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April 13, 2018 2:01 pm | By 28185, 28183The Progressive Happy Hour: Trump’s Money-in-Politics Corruption
From the beginning, the Trump administration has been marked by self-enrichment and lavish spending, from EPA head Scott Pruitt’s wasteful first-class travel to HUD Secretary Ben Carson’s $31,000 dining room set. In the April 13 episode of “The Progressive Happy Hour,” Drew Courtney…
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April 12, 2018 9:09 am | By 28188Louisiana Senator’s Support for Wendy Vitter is Undercut By His Own Statements
At Louisiana federal district court nominee Wendy Vitter’s April 11 confirmation hearing, she and Republican home state senator John Kennedy went to great lengths to obscure how her actions as an anti-choice activist make her unqualified for the bench. Vitter…
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News and AnalysisApril 10, 2018 3:51 pm | By 28188
Grassley Should Not Hold a Hearing for 3rd Circuit Nominee David Porter
On April 10, President Trump nominated ultra-conservative David Porter to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Porter’s record is one of right-wing advocacy, including leadership of the Pittsburgh chapter of the Federalist Society, a far right legal group. Although Porter…
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April 6, 2018 2:38 pm | ByThe Progressive Happy Hour: Community Reintegration as a Social Justice Issue
For the hundreds of thousands of people released from prisons each year, what does community reintegration look like? In the April 6 episode of “The Progressive Happy Hour,” co-hosts Christin “Cici” Battle and Drew Courtney sat down with Shae Harris, policy advisor for…
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March 30, 2018 1:24 pm | By 28187, 28185The Progressive Happy Hour: Rural Communities and Right-Wing Extremism
Extreme segments of the Right are exploiting a void left by the absence of progressive investment in many rural communities, according to a new report out from Down Home North Carolina and People’s Action. In the March 30 episode of…
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March 29, 2018 11:34 am | By 53562Right Wing Watch Experts Explain the Right Wing in the Age of Trump
On Wednesday, researchers from People For the American Way’s Right Wing Watch project joined PFAW members for a telebriefing on their work tracking extreme Right movements and activists in the age of Trump. Senior Fellow Peter Montgomery opened by discussing…
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March 28, 2018 4:35 pm | By 53561Dolores Huerta Film Documents the Legacy of a Civil Rights Hero
“Dolores Huerta” is a name that should be in the news and all of our history books—but unfortunately the leadership and contributions of women of color have been too often overlooked or written out of history. A new documentary called…
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March 28, 2018 2:53 pm | By 41753Rise in Religious Intolerance Threatens U.S. Ability To Advocate For Human Rights Globally
The rise in religious intolerance in the U.S. undermines the ability of the U.S. to advocate for human rights and other democratic values overseas, according to experts in religion and diplomacy who took part in a March 22 discussion sponsored…
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March 23, 2018 3:06 pm | By 28187, 28185The Progressive Happy Hour: Should I Delete My Facebook?
In the Trump era, when political organizing is on the rise and fake news is spreading like never before, is social media the problem or the solution—or both? In a March 23 mini-episode of “The Progressive Happy Hour,” recorded on…
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March 16, 2018 12:56 pm | By 28187, 28185, 60767The Progressive Happy Hour: How the Alt-Right is Pushing Hate on YouTube
In the wake of the 2016 election, there has been a surge of activity among the white supremacist alt-right—and one of the primary places they are pushing their hateful and dangerous ideology is on YouTube. In the March 16 episode…
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March 15, 2018 3:11 pm | By 28188Trump’s Judicial Nominees Are Hiding Their Records
Justice is supposed to be blind. But in order to do away with that principle and transform our judicial system, the Trump administration is keeping the Senate blind to vital information about the president’s nominees. Judges exercise an enormous role…
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News and AnalysisFebruary 28, 2018 12:54 pm | By 28188
A Reminder of Chuck Grassley’s Perfidy on Judicial Nominations
The Senate is holding a confirmation vote this week that exemplifies the GOP’s abandonment of the norms that undergird our democracy. South Carolina judicial nominee Marvin Quattlebaum would fill a judicial vacancy that exists only because Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck…
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February 23, 2018 2:59 pm | By 28187, 28185The Progressive Happy Hour: The Census is a Civil Rights Issue
For some people the census is a form they fill out every ten years and never think about again, but the decennial census count affects our lives and our democracy in profound ways. In the February 23 episode of “The…