People For the American Way
December 2019
The American Way


Spotlight


It’s been a grueling, action-packed year. Along with a dedicated team of coalition partners and progressive activists, we’ve experienced some upsetting losses in 2019 – but we’ve also scored some major wins.

Thanks to what we accomplished this year, the progressive movement is well-poised to tackle 2020 with the fervor and tenacity it will require. Until then, please enjoy a few highlights of all you’ve helped make possible this year.

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This Month


PFAW and our members were a strong presence among the hundreds of thousands of Americans who rallied in cities and towns across the country to support the impeachment of Donald Trump.

On the morning of the impeachment vote in the House, PFAW joined fellow activists and other progressive organizations for a rally on Capitol Hill to echo the demands of millions across the country calling for Trump's impeachment and removal. The message was clear: Trump violated the trust of the American people, abused his power as President and failed to protect our democracy, and must be impeached.

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In the nearly three years since Donald Trump took office, he has nominated (and Senate Republicans have confirmed) two Supreme Court justices, 50 appellate court judges, and 133 district court judges to lifetime positions. Once on the bench, these judges have confirmed what many of us warned about when they were nominated: their narrow-minded, ideological extremism precludes their ability to be fair, just arbiters of the law.

PFAW’s Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears blog series has covered many Trump-appointed appellate judges’ and Supreme Court justices’ decisions to demonstrate their impact on real people and real issues. And now, we’re thrilled to introduce a new interactive web tool that provides access to that information in a user-friendly, sortable way.


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Due to the increasing frequency of mass shootings in places of business like retail stores and restaurants, our allies at Guns Down America, along with PFAW and several other national partners, have launched the Business Must Act campaign to encourage retail stores and restaurants to take steps to protect their employees and patrons from gun violence.

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