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Protect DACA and Pass the Dream Act News & Analysis 08/30/2017 by Jen Herrick Media reports continue to suggest that President Trump will end the critically important Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which has allowed hundreds of …

Trump Emboldened White Supremacists — And Now They Know He Has Their Back News & Analysis 08/30/2017 This post originally appeared in HuffPost. There were “ very fine people ” taking part in the white supremacist event, Trump contended, red-faced and …

"Whose Streets" is the Epitome of Resistance! News & Analysis 08/30/2017 by Bradley Williams This movie highlights the struggles of people trying to voice their grievances over not only another killing of an unarmed black man by the police but also many …

Concerns Remain After DOJ Narrows DisruptJ20 Warrant News & Analysis 08/24/2017 by Jen Herrick Last week brought the disturbing news that Sessions' Justice Department attempted to serve a search warrant on DreamHost and force the web hosting platform to …

GOP Efforts to Break Up the Ninth Circuit Would Harm Justice News & Analysis 08/23/2017 by Paul Gordon Don’t like losing in court? Don’t like it when the independent judiciary set up by our nation’s founders shuts down your plans as illegal and even …

Khizr Khan: Trump "has failed us." News & Analysis 08/17/2017 by Marie Lindberg Khizr Khan, People For the American Way Foundation board member and Gold Star father, appeared on Anderson Cooper 360 on Tuesday night to condemn the appalling lack of …

A special note about the emboldened white supremacists who rallied in Virginia this weekend News & Analysis 08/15/2017 “Sieg heil,” “White Lives Matter,” “Jews will not replace us,” and “blood and soil” — a translation of the Nazi slogan “blut und boden” …

Correcting Misinformation on Blue Slips News & Analysis 08/11/2017 by Paul Gordon Kudos to Politico for publishing an article today on the extremely important topic of lower federal courts (that is, not the Supreme Court)—especially the circuit courts of …

RAISE Act Continues Trump's Anti-Immigrant Assault News & Analysis 08/07/2017 by Jen Herrick From his early days as a “birther” testing the presidential waters to his first six months in the Oval Office forging headlong into the Muslim ban, a border wall, …

Bringing Transparency and Accountability to Private Prisons News & Analysis 08/07/2017 by Jen Herrick OpenTheGovernment released a July 2018 update in light of the urgent need for greater transparency and accountability around immigration detention …