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People For in ActionJanuary 18, 2019 9:29 am | By 41734
People For the American Way Signs the Declaration for American Democracy and Urges House to Pass the For the People Act
As a Declaration for American Democracy leader, People For the American Way is firmly committed to building a democracy where everyone participates, every vote is counted, voting rights are fully enforced, and everyone’s voice is heard. Accordingly, PFAW supports the…
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People For in ActionJanuary 11, 2019 1:30 pm | By 64126
PFAW Joins #StopTheShutdown Rally Outside AFL-CIO and the White House
The government shutdown will soon be the longest in modern history and federal employees have missed their first scheduled paycheck—all over a racist wall Trump is demanding as a way to pander to his xenophobic base. To fight the injustice…
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People For in ActionJanuary 10, 2019 2:04 pm | By 41734
Trump Backtracks on School Discipline—PFAW and AAMIA Demand Vigorous Enforcement of Students’ Civil Rights
One of the Trump administration's last acts of 2018 was the rescission of Obama-era guidance for reducing racial disparities in school discipline. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker tried to claim the Parkland mantle, but their…
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People For in ActionJanuary 10, 2019 11:02 am | By 64126
PFAW Joins Coalition of Activists at the Capitol to Support the For the People Act
The public sent a clear message in the 2018 midterms when the Democrats they elected took back the House in a historic victory. Voters are fed up with government corruption, attacks on voting rights, and the influence of big money…
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People For in ActionJanuary 9, 2019 4:53 pm | By 41734
PFAW Foundation Brief: Trump’s Final Birth Control Rules Will Cause Irreparable Harm
In 2018, People For the American Way Foundation joined organizational allies to challenge the first draft of President Trump's discriminatory birth control rollback, which carves out sweeping religious and moral exemptions that allow employers and universities to withhold comprehensive reproductive…
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People For in ActionJanuary 9, 2019 10:58 am | By 28179
PFAW Announces Opposition to Attorney General Nominee William Barr
After having announced his intended attorney general nomination in December, President Trump formally submitted William Barr for the Senate's consideration on January 3. The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to hold Barr's hearing on January 15. People For the American…
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People For in ActionJanuary 8, 2019 3:54 pm | By 41734
PFAW and AAMIA Urge New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to Lead on Pro-Democracy Reforms
People For the American Way and PFAW's African American Ministers In Action are firmly committed to building a democracy where everyone participates, every vote is counted, voting rights are fully enforced, and everyone’s voice is heard. Accordingly, we support the…
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People For in ActionJanuary 8, 2019 11:31 am | By 51279
Trump Should Withdraw Affordable Care Act Rule That Puts Abortion Even Further out of Reach
On November 9, the Trump administration launched yet another attack on reproductive freedom when it proposed a new, expensive, and purposely onerous framework for insurers that want to continue covering abortion—a safe, legal, constitutionally protected procedure—in the Affordable Care Act…
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People For in ActionDecember 28, 2018 12:43 pm | By 63584
Right Wing Watch’s Work More Important Than Ever
It’s been a busy year for the Right Wing Watch team as Religious Right leaders and far-right players moved their game to the heart of power in and around the Trump White House. Right Wing Watch Impact Jared Holt’s reporting…
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People For in ActionDecember 28, 2018 10:25 am | By 53561
Looking Back on 2018: 10 Accomplishments to Hang Your Hat On
It’s been a tough year—but you never stopped fighting. Together, with a strong coalition of members and partner organizations, we have gotten through two years of the Trump administration and GOP majorities in the House and Senate. The harm of…
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People For in ActionDecember 21, 2018 12:55 pm | By 64126
PFAW Leads Coalition Organizing Congressional Drop-Bys All Over the Country to Support H.R. 1
The Democratic takeover of the house was not an easy feat. It came after a hard-fought battle that required sacrifices of time and energy from activists all over the country. After marching, knocking on doors, donating to campaigns, and generally…
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People For in ActionDecember 21, 2018 8:57 am | By 41734
The Attorney General Must Be Committed to the Rule of Law and Our Rights—William Barr Raises Serious Concerns
On December 7, President Trump announced his intent to nominate William Barr to be the next attorney general of the United States. People For the American Way immediately set a bright line for the Barr nomination: The next attorney general…
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People For in ActionDecember 18, 2018 4:03 pm | By 41734
PFAW and AAMIA Renew Johnson Amendment Support as Tax Bill Threatens to Gut Current Law
The Johnson Amendment helps keep politics from overtaking the pulpit by prohibiting churches and other nonprofits from getting directly involved with political campaigns while still maintaining critical free speech rights. People For the American Way, PFAW's African American Ministers In…
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People For in ActionDecember 14, 2018 5:38 pm | By 28185, 28183, 28184
The Progressive Happy Hour: Progressive Organizing in the African American Church
Reverend and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is known around the world as the leader of the civil rights movement, and it was his role as a young Baptist minister that set that path into motion. Today, many African American…
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People For in ActionDecember 10, 2018 3:57 pm | By 64126
Trump and DeVos Refuse to Listen to Survivors: Title IX Coalition Rallies at Dept. of Ed.
In November, Secretary of Education Betsey DeVos released a highly controversial proposal that would effectively strip student survivors of sexual assault of their basic rights by fundamentally altering Title IX, which was enacted to prohibit sex discrimination in federally funded education programs.…
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People For in ActionDecember 7, 2018 4:25 pm | By 41734
Reports of State Department Censorship Continue to Surface
In addition to the ongoing censorship concerns surrounding global human rights reports, the State Department is reportedly considering a proposal to ban the use of such phrases as "sexual and reproductive health" and "comprehensive sexuality education" by U.S. diplomats and…
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People For in ActionDecember 7, 2018 2:00 pm | By 41734
National Coalition Urges the Cessation of Censorship by the Florida Department of Corrections
Federal courts have repeatedly affirmed that incarcerated people have a First Amendment right to read, and publishers and others have a right to send them reading materials. Yet nearly two dozen issues of The Militant have been impounded by Florida…
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People For in ActionDecember 4, 2018 11:37 am | By 41734
Congressional Staff Hiring Should Be Rooted in a Culture of Diversity and Inclusion
According to the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, people of color make up 38.7 percent of the U.S. population but only 13.7 percent of top U.S. House staff and 7.1 percent of top U.S. Senate staff. With hiring…
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People For in ActionNovember 30, 2018 2:10 pm | By 41734
Rep. Steve King Must Be Held Accountable for His Use of Dehumanizing, Racist Language
Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, has a long history of using dehumanizing, racist language against systemically oppressed communities. Following the latest incident, in which Rep. King referred to immigrants as "dirt" in a taped conversation with his supporters, People For the…
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People For in ActionNovember 30, 2018 11:18 am | By 28184
African American Ministers In Action: Comments Made By Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker Suggest Hostility to Religious Freedom—He Must Step Down
President Trump's appointment of Matthew Whitaker to serve as acting Attorney General raises a number of serious concerns. In addition to Whitaker's statements criticizing the Mueller investigation, he has made comments that are clearly hostile to religious freedom, the Constitution,…