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The FAMILY Act Is the Family and Medical Leave Plan Our Country Needs

The FAMILY Act Is the Family and Medical Leave Plan Our Country Needs News & Analysis 02/19/2019 by Jen Herrick As we continue to stand up for working families and against Trump administration priorities that are clearly out of step with the American …

PFAW Supports For the People Act Provision Allowing the SEC to Require Public Companies to Disclose Their Political Spending

PFAW Supports For the People Act Provision Allowing the SEC to Require Public Companies to Disclose Their Political Spending News & Analysis 02/19/2019 by Jen Herrick Among the many democratic reforms advanced by the For the People Act is a critical …

PFAW and AAMIA: South Carolina Exemption Will Harm Children and Families and Violate Religious Freedom Protections

PFAW and AAMIA: South Carolina Exemption Will Harm Children and Families and Violate Religious Freedom Protections News & Analysis 02/19/2019 by Jen Herrick Members and allies of the Coalition Against Religious Discrimination (CARD), including People For …
Michael Park

Judicial Nominee Michael Park's Agenda Is at Odds with a Democratic System of Government

Judicial Nominee Michael Park's Agenda Is at Odds with a Democratic System of Government News & Analysis 02/19/2019 by Marge Baker On November 13, President Trump nominated Michael Park to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The …
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Trump’s “Emergency” is Even More Dangerous than Last Month’s Threatened Declaration

Trump’s “Emergency” is Even More Dangerous than Last Month’s Threatened Declaration News & Analysis 02/19/2019 by Elliot Mincberg In January, two weeks after his partial government shutdown had begun, reports suggested that President Trump would declare a …
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Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Judge Would Close the Courthouse Door to a Prisoner Repeatedly Put in Solitary Confinement

Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Judge Would Close the Courthouse Door to a Prisoner Repeatedly Put in Solitary Confinement News & Analysis 02/19/2019 by Paul Gordon “ Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears ” is a blog series documenting the harmful …
Wilbur Ross

SCOTUS Will Decide if GOP Can Sabotage the 2020 Census and Our Democracy

SCOTUS Will Decide if GOP Can Sabotage the 2020 Census and Our Democracy News & Analysis 02/15/2019 by Paul Gordon On February 15, the Supreme Court announced it would hear the case challenging the Trump administration’s plan to add a citizenship question …
An image of four torsos with the test: Four 12-year old Black students strip-searched by Binghamton City School District faculty: East Middle School, January 15, 2019; student a: made to remove shirt, pants, and second layer of leggings, searched in bra and underwear; student b: made to remove shirt and outer pants, searched in leggings and bra; student c: made to remove shirt, searched in bra and pants; student d: searched in clothing, received in-school suspension for refusing to remove shirt and pants.

It’s Time for Racial Justice in Our Schools

It’s Time for Racial Justice in Our Schools News & Analysis 02/15/2019 by Bettina Ramon Sixty-five years ago, the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision ended school segregation and advanced racial equity in our schools for the first …
The Progressive Happy Hour with hosts Christin "Cici" Battle and Drew Courtney, February 15 episode: How the Religious Right Is Informing Policy

The Progressive Happy Hour: How the Religious Right is Informing Policy

The Progressive Happy Hour: How the Religious Right is Informing Policy News & Analysis 02/15/2019 by Drew Courtney Diallo Brooks Peter Montgomery Members of the Religious Right remain some of President Trump’s most ardent supporters, in part because of …
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Representation is Required for Racial and Gender Justice: A YEO Network Panel

Representation is Required for Racial and Gender Justice: A YEO Network Panel News & Analysis 02/14/2019 by Kayla Butler Long before Kimberlé Crenshaw popularized the term “intersectionality” in 1989, the social justice movement has struggled to recognize …