AMERICAN WAY March 2021
SPOTLIGHT
A Once-In-A-Generation Chance to Save Our Democracy
After months of work by People For’s staff, leadership networks, and members to unite the Democratic caucus, on March 3 the For the People Act (H.R. 1) passed in the U.S. House of Representatives, moving this groundbreaking legislation to the Senate.
State-specific bills to suppress the vote - more than 250 pieces of legislation in more than 40 states - have highlighted the critical urgency behind this battle to save our democracy. The For the People Act is a once-in-a-generation chance to strengthen our democracy and negate all of these state-specific bills.
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THIS MONTH
Her Fight, Our Fight Launches During Women’s History Month
This Women’s History Month, we’ve seen a dangerous trend of the Far Right disproportionately attacking President Biden’s nominees who are women of color, in particular Vanita Gupta and Kristen Clarke. To support these experienced, well-qualified nominees and dispel the Right’s falsehoods and attacks, People For launched a multi-stage campaign: #HerFightOurFight.
Make sure you check out our video briefing on the project, featuring People For President Ben Jealous, former State Director for the Department of Agriculture, Shirley Sherrod, and Maryland Delegate Jheanelle Wilkins!
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Check out our inaugural video on Vanita Gupta as featured on MSBC’s Politics Now! >>
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Eliminating the Filibuster
Nearly four months into the 117th Congress, the Democratic-led majorities in both chambers have been moving quickly on legislation that would strengthen our democracy and protect our fundamental rights. But there is something on the horizon that could undermine all of this work: the filibuster.
We need to be able to pass vital legislation this year, and that means getting rid of this antiquated Senate rule. Watch our new video on the history of the filibuster and why we must eliminate it to make the progress our country sorely needs.
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Clubhouse: The Invite-Only Social App Attracting Bigots and Far-Right Activists
Clubhouse is an exclusive iPhone app that is accessible only by invitation and whose audio-only structure raises a unique set of moderation concerns when regulating real-time conversations, problems exemplified by recent situations where conversations have devolved into long, bigotry-filled diatribes.
Right Wing Watch reporter Karim Zidan sat down with People For’s Communications Director, Laurie Kinney, to discuss Clubhouse’s ascendance among the far-right and what consequences this has for social media as a whole.
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Fire Drill Fridays: Jane Fonda and Ben Jealous on Climate Justice and Big Money in Politics
People For President Ben Jealous joined Jane Fonda at her weekly activist virtual event, Fire Drill Fridays, to discuss all the ways that Big Money in politics is dangerous for the fight for climate justice as well as for our political system, and what we can do to get rid of it.
This episode’s focus is on the ways that Big Money in politics undermines our fight for climate justice by incentivizing politicians to do the fossil fuel industry’s bidding rather than listen to their constituents. Make sure to watch Jealous and Fonda discuss the grassroots efforts to get Big Money out of politics and identify the ways that the Biden-Harris administration could make a big difference!
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CONFIRMED JUDGES, CONFIRMED FEARS: The Devastating Harm Done by Confirmed Trump Federal Judges
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Trump Judge Tries to Strike Down State Gun Safety Law
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Trump Judge Tries to Uphold Police Stop of Black Man without Reasonable Suspicion Based on Anonymous Tip
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Trump Judge Supports Dismissing Female Student’s Complaint that she was Improperly Seized by Police-School Official for Police Interrogation
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MORE NEWS & ANALYSIS
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The Women’s History Month Paradox, 2021 Edition
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Addressing the Rise in Hate Crimes Against Asian Americans
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Why Deb Haaland Will Remain a Target of the Right
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The Passage of Georgia’s Jim Crow Voter Suppression Bill and the Arrest of a Black Legislator
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Black Farmers And COVID Relief
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Biden Must Take Advantage of Important Judicial Nominations Opportunities
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Women’s History Month Is the Right Time to Raise the Minimum Wage
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Trump Judge Tries to Dismiss Female Professor’s Federal Equal Pay and Discrimination Claims
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Trump Judge Declares Pandemic-Related Eviction Ban Unconstitutional
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Right Wing Watch: The Week’s Weirdest Moments on the Extreme Right
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Celebrate Passage of H.R. 1, the For the People Act, with Democracy Activists!
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Trump Justices Again Cast Deciding Votes to Exempt Churches from COVID-19 Rules
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RIGHT WING WATCH
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‘Trump 2021 or Goodbye Freedom’: Far-Right Actors Rally Behind Trump After CPAC Speech
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New Right-Wing ‘Election Integrity’ Project Is Chaired by Attorney Who Helped Trump Badger Georgia’s Secretary of State
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At Hearing on Capitol Siege, Sen. Ron Johnson Reads Post from Islamophobe’s Website
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Rep. Paul Gosar and Former Rep. Steve King Address White Nationalist, Christian Nationalist AFPAC
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Hosts Gun Giveaway After Biden Calls on Congress to Pass Gun Reform Legislation
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Michele Bachmann’s ‘Election Integrity’ Conference Features Notorious Source of Conspiracy Theories The Gateway Pundit
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Yet Again, Family Research Council Opposes Reauthorization of Violence Against Women Act
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Robin Bullock Claims ‘Prophets’ Have the Power to Call Trump Back Into the White House
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‘Prophet’ Jeff Jansen Says the Military Will Remove Biden and Reinstate Trump by the end of April
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