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Diallo Brooks: "Congress Needs to Take Action" to End Gun Violence News & Analysis 03/14/2018 by Marie Lindberg In a country awash with guns, shootings like the one at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School this February are inevitable. As we consider who …

PFAW and AAMIA: Eliminating the Community Relations Service Is a Step Back on Civil Rights News & Analysis 03/13/2018 by Jen Herrick The Community Relations Service (CRS) helps communities prevent and respond to hate crimes and address racial tensions. …

PFAW and AAMIA: Secretary Carson Must Reverse Course on HUD Mission Statement News & Analysis 03/09/2018 by Jen Herrick On March 5, in a memo to its employees, the Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed a new HUD mission statement that …

PFAW and Allies Deliver Thousands of Petitions Supporting the Child Care for Working Families Act News & Analysis 03/07/2018 by Jen Herrick On March 6, People For the American Way and allies gathered on Capitol Hill to rally support for the Child Care for …

PFAW and AAMIA Stand Up for Transgender Students Betrayed by Trump and DeVos News & Analysis 03/06/2018 by Jen Herrick Fourteen months into the Trump administration, Secretary Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education have amassed a dismal record when …

We’re Suing Two Federal Agencies To Release Information On Secret LGBTQ Policy News & Analysis 03/01/2018 by Miranda Blue This piece was originally published on Right Wing Watch. People For the American Way  filed suit  against the Department of Justice …

Opposition to Poison Pill Campaign Finance Riders Remains Strong News & Analysis 03/01/2018 by Jen Herrick The federal government has been running on temporary funding since the last fiscal year ended on September 30, 2017. One shutdown showdown after …

A Reminder of Chuck Grassley's Perfidy on Judicial Nominations News & Analysis 02/28/2018 by Paul Gordon The Senate is holding a confirmation vote this week that exemplifies the GOP’s abandonment of the norms that undergird our democracy. South Carolina …

Trump Administration Undermines Human Rights with State Department Censorship News & Analysis 02/28/2018 by Jen Herrick State Department officials working on an annual global human rights report have reportedly been instructed to trim passages on …

One Last Chance to Save the Internet News & Analysis 02/27/2018 by Rio Tazewell 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 …