Editorial Memorandum: Key Education Proposals in the Wisconsin Legislature
In a memorandum to Wisconsin press, PFAW offers insights on education proposals dealing with class size issues and private-school vouchers. Read More
In a memorandum to Wisconsin press, PFAW offers insights on education proposals dealing with class size issues and private-school vouchers. Read More
For decades, there has been an ongoing debate in the United States regarding how public schools can best teach about the origins and development of human beings. Teaching scientific theories on this topic without challenging the religious beliefs of many Americans is no simple task. Recently, this debate has intensified… Read More
Nominee’s record both before and after becoming a federal judge has generated widespread opposition to his elevation to U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit Read More
I. Introduction Sexuality education has been one of the primary sources of controversy in the public schools for almost thirty years. The debate over this issue is particularly heated now, in a time when teen pregnancy rates are persistently high and the HIV/AIDS epidemic is having… Read More
On September 9, President Trump nominated Steven Menashi to be a U.S. federal judge on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. The Senate Judiciary Committee held Menashi's hearing on September 11 and has scheduled his committee vote for October 24. People For the American Way wrote to senators to express our opposition to the Menashi nomination. Read More
Administrator of the Small Business Administration State Senator Milwaukee, WI After defeating an incumbent from his own party during the 2010 fall primary, Larson was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate at the age of 29. Larson bravely left the state in February 2011 to stand up for… Read More
This piece was originally published on HuffPost. Earlier this week it was widely reported that the Department of Justice (DOJ) was planning “a new project… Read More
On Wednesday morning, a roomful of school children were herded into a congressional meeting room and required to sit through an hour and a half worth of speeches by conservative Members of Congress, including House Speaker John Boehner, Sens. Ted Cruz and Tim Scott, Chief Deputy Whip Rep. Patrick McHenry,… Read More
The far right has launched a national campaign to take over our school boards and dictate what our kids can and can't learn. And we're seeing it play out right now in Temecula, California. We sat down with People For Field Director Alana Byrd and Research Director Peter Montgomery to talk about what's happening in Temecula and across the country. Read More
Introduction Because of the far-right extremists on the Court, we have lost our constitutional right to abortion care. Millions of us have been saddled with crushing student debt. We have lost the benefits of affirmative action in higher education. We’ve lost environmental protections for wetlands. Laws protecting us… Read More
The right-wing majority on the U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly weakened voting rights protections in the 10 years since it gutted a key section of the Voting Rights Act in the notorious Shelby County v. Holder opinion. That opinion opened the door to state legislators—many in the old Confederate states—who… Read More
Introduction People For the American Way has created eight fact sheets on important, beneficial decisions involving federal judges nominated by President Biden and confirmed by the Senate. In many of these decisions, Biden judges have reversed bad rulings by Trump trial court judges or ensured… Read More
Extremist Temecula Valley school board members–whom we’ve written about previously for their attempts to deny students social studies textbooks simply because they contained LGBTQ content, and who are facing a recall effort due to their radical ideologies–are at… Read More
Introduction As the right-wing Supreme Court majority’s latest rulings create severe harm and injustice on issues ranging from student loans to affirmative action to LGBTQ+ rights, is there any hope for justice in our federal court system? The answer, fortunately, is yes. Because the Supreme Court hears… Read More
Washington D.C. – The Supreme Court’s latest term, in which far-right justices dealt devastating blows to affirmative action, LGBTQ+ rights, and the economic futures of millions of student borrowers, underscores the need to stem the tide of harm by confirming more fair-minded judges to lower courts, according to a new… Read More
During the 2022-23 Supreme Court term ending in June, the far-right majority continued their mission to change our country to benefit the wealthy and powerful, at the expense of our fundamental rights. They ended affirmative action in higher education, created a constitutional right to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people, struck… Read More
KBJ's dissent calls out the majority's "let-them-eat-cake obliviousness" about race in America. Read More
It’s been almost three years since Donald Trump put any new judges on our federal courts. But the 234 judges he and Senate Republicans rushed onto the federal bench will remain there for life. They will continue to… Read More
It’s Pride Month, and while we’ve made incredible progress over the years, we’re still, unfortunately, fighting some of the same old battles. Far Right authoritarians are still out there acting like any information about queer people is “indoctrination” or, now, “grooming.” So, they’re attempting to… Read More
At People For, standing up for truth is our mission, and that mission has gotten increasingly difficult lately. With seemingly constant attacks on the truth from the Far Right, whether it’s teaching truth in schools or expecting our political leaders to speak the truth at the podium, standing… Read More