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Letter: DeVos Must Protect Student Loan Borrowers of Color News & Analysis 09/19/2017 by Jen Herrick Betsy DeVos was confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Education on February 7, 2017. People For the American Way has been keeping a close eye on her since …

Letter: The Judiciary Committee Should Reject Thomas Farr's Nomination News & Analysis 09/19/2017 by Marge Baker On July 13, 2017, President Trump nominated Thomas Farr to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. The …

Joint Statement: Groups Urge Careful Monitoring of Global Gag Rule News & Analysis 09/18/2017 by Jen Herrick Back in January, one of President Trump's first official actions was to reinstate and expand the global gag rule , a harmful policy that hijacks …

Video: A Two-Minute Update on Trump’s Sham Voter Suppression Commission News & Analysis 09/18/2017 by Layne Amerikaner While we already knew that President Trump’s so-called “election integrity” commission was a sham, this week brought a few new pieces of …

Letter: DOJ Must Develop a Plan of Action on Hate Crimes News & Analysis 09/15/2017 by Jen Herrick Congress has given the Department of Justice the responsibility of prosecuting hate crimes, which include violence and threats based on a person’s race, …

Letter: Workplace Equality Advocates Express Concern Over Janet Dhillon's Nomination News & Analysis 09/15/2017 by Jen Herrick On June 29, 2017, President Trump nominated Janet Dhillon to lead the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The Senate …

No Such Thing as Exceptions to the Blue Slip Rule News & Analysis 09/14/2017 by Paul Gordon In their effort to stack our nation’s federal courts with as many far-right ideologues as possible, Republicans have been threatening to do away with the blue slip …

Letter: The Judiciary Committee Should Reject Allison Eid's Nomination News & Analysis 09/14/2017 by Marge Baker On June 7, 2017, President Trump nominated Allison Eid to be a judge on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Senate Judiciary Committee has …

Eric Dreiband Follows the Jeff Sessions Model: Lie News & Analysis 09/12/2017 by Paul Gordon Eric Dreiband—President Trump’s nominee to run DoJ’s Civil Rights Division—learned something important last January. When Jeff Sessions lied under oath to the …

Letter: Healthy Communities Depend On High-Quality Family Planning News & Analysis 09/12/2017 by Jen Herrick On September 8, President Trump signed legislation that includes a three-month extension for government funding and the debt ceiling. December …