On a bright sunny morning in Philadelphia, People For members and supporters took to the streets to rally against an organization advocating for book banning in schools and libraries across the nation. The group, Moms For Liberty – a far-right organization funded by Republican megadonors – has made it their mission to stoke fears and resentment against Black, indigenous, people of color, and LGBTQ communities.

This event, which launched People For’s new Grandparents for Truth initiative, was a rallying call to defend the freedom to learn and fight back against authoritarianism and censorship. We heard from grandparents concerned about their grandchildren’s freedom to learn our nation’s true history; transgender veterans who understand that the oath they took to protect our country includes defending freedom and fighting censorship; and elected officials who made it clear that hate has no place in Philadelphia.

Building upon PFAW’s long history of standing up to book bans and censorship, we made it clear to Moms For Liberty, and the nation, that we won’t back down from these attacks on the freedom to learn.

Be sure to also read a recent op-ed from People For President Svante Myrick on Moms For Liberty: This Fourth of July, fight back against attacks on our freedom >>

A parade of MAGA-minded presidential candidates drew cheers at the recent Moms for Liberty national summit with conspiracy theories, anti-LGBTQ smears, and calls for authoritarian policies to purge “wokeness” from American schools, businesses, and government agencies. The summit and its speakers revealed much about the vastly expanded mission to which M4L activists are being called: to be a political vanguard that will drive Democrats from power and save America from the supposed threats to its survival from communists, globalists, secularists, the “deep state,” teachers unions, promoters of “gender ideology,” and the rest of the MAGA movement’s perceived enemies.

Read a new op-ed from Svante released just this past week that highlights the backlash to the recent book bans >>

New Reports Contrast Bad News on Supreme Court with Good News from Lower Courts

By now most Americans are well aware of the disastrous consequences that the far-right Supreme Court has had on our rights – and the threats it continues to pose. The Court’s most recent term illustrates this troubling trend – upending rights and protections once thought to be safe: granting some businesses a license to discriminate against the LGBTQ community, ending the practice of affirmative action, undermining President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, and more.

But despite these devastating rulings, there is reason to be optimistic: President Biden and Senate Democrats have been filling vacancies on lower federal courts – even if at a slowing pace – that could provide a xxxxxx against further erosion of our rights.

Read our new report on the recent Supreme Court term >>

Read our new report on the impact of the judges that were nominated by President Biden >>