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Nov 19Hamilton Becomes Just Seventh Obama Nominee Confirmed to Federal Bench
Nov 17Sessions’ ‘Extraordinary’ Filibuster Falls Short Judge David Hamilton Advances
Nov 06Statement on Shooting at Fort Hood
Nov 05Report Exposes Campaign of Racial Attacks from Far Right
Nov 03Maine Passes Anti-Marriage Referendum
Nov 03YEO Network Reaches Critical Milestone of Members in All 50 States
Oct 28Obama Signs Hate Crimes Legislation into Law
Oct 26People For the American Way Foundation Welcomes New Director of Young People For, Rebecca Thompson
Oct 26Rev. Samuel Statement on Marriage Hearing
Oct 22Hate Crimes Prevention Act Passes the Senate
Oct 19DOJ Files Motion in Don't Ask, Don't Tell Case
Oct 16Right Wing Attacks Against Kevin Jennings Put Politics Above Student Safety
Oct 14Mormon Leader Compares Pro-Equality Activists to Violent Segregationists
Oct 9Final Hate Crimes Legislation Passes House
Oct 8The Pressure Is Building - Confirm Dawn Johnsen Now
Oct 6Senate Confirms Thomas Perez
Oct 1Kevin Jennings Will Keep Schools Safe for All
Sept 21Bishop Harry Jackson Worried That Right Wing Racism Hurts His Anti-Gay Crusade
Sept 18Department of Justice Brief Defends DOMA in Marriage Case
Sept 17Indiana Court Declares State’s Voter ID Law Unconstitutional
Sept 17Outside Religious Right Groups Targeting Marriage Equality in Maine With a Prop 8-Style Campaign Based on Lies and Big Money
Sept 15Legislation to Dump DOMA Introduced in Congress
Sept 10Congressman Joe Wilson: The Tip of the Right Wing Iceberg
Sept 9Why Did the GOP Choose a "Birther" to Deliver Health Care Address Rebuttal?
Aug 17Brief Highlights Need for DOMA Repeal
Aug 6In Historic Senate Vote, Judge Sonia Sotomayor Confirmed to the Supreme Court
Aug 5Bipartisan Employment Non-Discrimination Act Introduced in the Senate
Jul 28Senate Judiciary Committee Votes in Favor of Sotomayor
Jul 27Senate to Hold Hearings on Don't Ask Don't Tell
Jul 17Senate Includes Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act in DOD Authorization
Jul 14Sotomayor Excels at Day Two of Confirmation Hearings
Jul 14Senator Hatch Attacks Straw Man over Ricci 'Smear'
Jul 13Day One of Confirmation Hearings a Big Win for Sotomayor
Jul 13PFAW Statement on Frank Ricci Discrimination Cases
Jul 9Massachusetts Sues US over DOMA
Jul 8PFAW Names Activist Leader Michael B. Keegan New President
Jun 30Minnesota Supreme Court Rules for Franken
Jun 29Supreme Court Rules Against Diversity in Ricci
Jun 25Supreme Court Strip Search Decision Supports Sotomayor Dissent
Jun 25The Ricci Ruling and the Sotomayor Nomination
Jun 22Supreme Court Upholds Section 5 of Voting Rights Act
Jun 18PFAW Statement on Supreme Court’s Age Discrimination Ruling
Jun 17Presidential Memorandum: "A Very Small Step in the Right Direction"
Jun 11PFAW Calls for DHS to Publish "Rightwing Extremism" Report
Jun 9Nomination on Track, Sotomayor Hearings Set to Begin July 13th
May 31PFAW Statement on the Assassination of George Tiller
May 29African American Ministers Urge Swift Confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor To the Supreme Court
May 26PFAW Foundation Statement on the California Supreme Court’s Decision to Uphold Prop 8
May 26PFAW Statement on Nomination of Sonia Sotomayor
May 19PFAW Statement on Rumsfeld and the Misuse of Religion
May 12Groups Deliver More than 140,000 Petitions to Impeach Bybee
May 8Leading Progressive Advocacy Organizations Launch Search for New Leader
May 7Right's Objections to Potential Justices Reveal Anti-Gay Bigotry
May 1Obama Has Historic Opportunity to Establish Legacy of Justice
Apr 30Justice Souter to Retire from Supreme Court
Apr 30NOM Board Member Advocates Criminalization of Homosexuality, Overthrow of Government
Apr 29House Passes Hate Crimes Legislation
Apr 28Point Man for the Wedge Strategy: New Report Examines Political Activities of Bishop Harry Jackson, Face of the Religious Right’s Outreach to African Americans
Apr 23Hate Crimes Legislation Passes House Judiciary Committee
Apr 22PFAW Urges Florida Legislature to Reject Restrictive Registration and Voter ID Rules
Apr 20Kathleen Turner Phone Calls Support Confirmation of Dawn Johnsen
Apr 17White House Releases Bush Torture Memos
Apr 7Vermont Legislature Passes Marriage For All
Apr 3People For the American Way Welcomes Introduction of Federal Hate Crimes Law
Apr 3Unanimous Iowa Supreme Court Upholds Marriage Equality Ruling
Mar 31Obama Chooses Anti-Gay Activist for White House Role
Mar 25Arizona Supreme Court Rejects Voucher Schemes
Mar 19Kagan Confirmed as SG, Johnsen Moves to Senate Floor
Mar 17President Obama to Announce First Judicial Nominee
Mar 13Obama Drops "Enemy Combatant" Designation
Mar 12David Ogden Confirmed as Deputy Attorney General
Mar 10Senate Rejects Extension of DC Voucher Plan
Mar 6Sen. DeMint Attacks DC School Children
Mar 4Supreme Court Knocks Down Bogus Pre-Emption Claim in Drug Labeling Case
Mar 3Republicans Threaten to Block Obama's Judges
Feb 27Dobson Steps Down as Chair of Focus on the Family
Feb 26DC Voting Rights Act Passes in the Senate
Feb 25Supreme Court Rules Religious Monuments to be Government Speech
Feb 24Senators Clear Path Toward Granting Full Representation For District Residents
Feb 10DOJ Asserts State Secret Privilege
Feb 5People For Foundation Wishes Justice Ginsburg a Speedy Recovery
Feb 5Obama Should Stick to Constitutional Principles on Faith Based Programs
Feb 2Eric Holder Confirmed as Attorney General
Jan 29President Signs Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
Jan 28Holder Nomination Approved By Judiciary Committee
Jan 27Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 Goes to President Obama’s Desk for Signing
Jan 14Dozens of Advocacy Groups Line Up to Support Eric Holder
Jan 13Supreme Court Rejects Church-State Appeal
Jan 9High Court to Hear Voting Rights Case
Jan 1People For Statement on Justice Department Nominations
Dec 17People For the American Way 'Profoundly Disappointed' that Rick Warren Will Give Invocation
Dec 05Supreme Court Takes Detainee Case
Dec 05Kennedy Steps Down From Judiciary Committee
Dec 01Holder: A Solid Pick for Attorney General
Dec 01Voters Alliance Radio Ads Urge Georgians to Vote For Jim Martin
Nov 07Exit Polls Say Supreme Court Was a Winning Issue for Obama
Nov 04Voting Rights Experts Available on Election Day to Discuss the Impact of Voter Suppression and Intimidation, Voter ID Laws
Oct 28Television Ads Focus on Senators' Support for Harmful Bush Supreme Court Justices
Oct 22Radio Ads Urge African Americans to Oppose Anti-Gay Discrimination
Oct 17ACORN Hit by Threats and Vandalism in Wake of McCain Comments
Oct 17Supreme Court Defends Voter Registration In Ohio
Oct 16Right Wing Smear on ACORN Leads to Outrageous McCain Debate Claim
Oct 10People For and People For Foundation Name New Executive Vice President and Director of Development Oct 15Kathryn Kolbert’s Remarks on 2008 Election Integrity
Oct 10Myths & Facts about Connecticut's Marriage Decision
Oct 07McCain and Domestic Terrorism
Oct 02Palin Remarks Distract from McCain Plan for Supreme Court
Oct 01McCain Backers Use Supreme Court as Excuse for Cynical Hatchet Job
Sep 30Inspector General’s Report Exposes Wrongdoing at DOJ
Sep 29Ads Focus Spotlight on Fair Pay, Supreme Court
Sep 26Americans Say: The Debate Is On!
Sep 24People For Applauds Obama Campaign for Standing Up to Anti-Abortion Activist
Sep 18Report: McCain-Bush Judges Take a Toll on Ordinary Americans
Sep 03Florida Supreme Court Removes Voucher Amendments from Ballot
Sep 02People For Response to Revelations of Palin’s Attempted Book Banning
Sep 02Right Wing Praises McCain’s Obedience
Aug 31Sarah Palin: McCain's Birthday Gift to the Right
Aug 27People For Mourns Del Martin, Equal Rights Pioneer
Aug 21People For Mourns Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones
Aug 15Democrats Should Oppose Voucher Schemes in Party Platform
Aug 07McCain Brags about His Support of Bush Judges
Jul 30House Judiciary Committee Votes to Hold Rove in Contempt
Jul 29125,000 Signatures Delivered Urging Congress to Hold Rove in Contempt
Jul 23Court Upholds Policy Requiring Legislative Prayer Be Non-sectarian
Jul 18Census Bureau Airbrushes Out Same-Sex Marriages, Distorts Data
Jul 16McCain Courts the Right, Attacks Families
Jul 16McCain Uses NAACP Conference to Push Anti-Public Education Voucher Ploy
Jul 15Republicans Block Emergency Ballot Bill in the House
Jul 14"Independent" Sununu Rubberstamped 100% of Bush's Right-Wing Judges
Jul 11McCain, Ignoring Own Record, Claims Commitment to Equal Pay
Jul 07PFAW Ads Target Sununu on Judges
Jul 01PFAW Encouraged by Obama Statement on Faith-Based Groups
Jun 16Dobson Uses Bible as Political Weapon
Jun 13People For Foundation Sues to Protect Church-State Separation
Jun 12Supreme Court Rebukes Bush on Habeas Corpus in 5-4 Ruling
Jun 04McConnell Throws Tantrum over Nominations, Holds Up Global Warming Bill
Jun 02Why Is Norm Coleman so Proud of Putting John Roberts on the Supreme Court?
Jun 02Cal State and People For Foundation Reach Agreement in Lecturer Case
May 30Court Affirms Right to Vote, Rejects Challenge to Section 5 of Voting Rights Act
May 28Hagee: Too Toxic for McCain, but Still Loved by Lieberman?
May 27Supreme Court Issues Rare Pro-Worker Rulings
May 23McCain Rejects Pastors, Still Seeks Their Followers' Support
May 19People For Praises Governor Sebelius' Veto of House Bill 2019
May 16People For Responds to von Spakovsky's Withdrawal of FEC Nomination
May 15California Supreme Court Supports Marriage For All Citizens
May 15People For Delivers 11,000 Petitions To Cal State Chancellor
May 09McCain Puts 14-Year-Old Girl on the Spot, Says Fair Pay Act Wouldn't Help Women
May 09Fired Teacher Calls on Cal State University to Change "Loyalty Oath" Policy
May 06McCain Sticks to Bush Script on Judges