The Debate is Saved!
Thanks to your (very expeditious) support of our Save the Debates petition, People For the American Way joined with allies to drop off more than 170,000 signatures calling for the debate schedule to...
View ArticleMississippi is 37% Black; It May Soon Have Its First African American Federal...
Last week’s appointment of James E. Graves Jr. to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals didn’t get a lot of attention. But his nomination represents a remarkable milestone. Graves is currently the only...
View ArticleFox Doubles Down on GOP Bias
Although there has always been an extremelythinline between news journalism and Republican Party activism at the Fox News Channel, network's parent company -- Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. just became...
View ArticleBehind The Republican Money Web
Yesterday’s vote does not mean the end for the many Super PACs and shadowy political organizations that have emerged this election season. By raising hundreds of millions of dollars from individuals...
View ArticleHaley Barbour's Whitewash of History
Mississippi governor and potential presidential candidate Haley Barbour is now trying to backtrack his previous support for the racist White Citizens Councils that existed in the state when he was...
View ArticleSolidarity Rally Challenges GOP’s Corporate Backers
Yesterday, hundreds of people turned out to protest a DC fundraiser held to reward Wisconsin Republicans who voted for anti-union legislation. Activists brought the demonstration to the front door of...
View ArticleHuntsman Polishes His Magic Mirror to Show GOP Voters Whatever They're...
Just who is Jon Huntsman? At this stage, he is whatever anyone hopes that he will be. As he prepares to officially join the gaggle of GOP presidential candidates, his campaign strategists seem to have...
View ArticleFetus' Rights > Women's Rights in Mississippi?
This Election Day, Mississippi voters will vote on Initiative 26– an amendment that would define every zygote or fetus from the moment of fertilization as a legal “person.” It’s the latest attempt to...
View ArticleMississippi Personhood Campaign Draws More Scrutiny, Questions
Cross-posted on Right Wing WatchWith few Mississippi politicians speaking out against a proposed “personhood” amendment on the state’s ballot next week, Personhood USA is hoping that the Magnolia State...
View ArticleYesterday's Big Election Victories and What They Mean
What a huge day for progressive power! Yesterday, voters in nearly every region of the country turned out and resoundingly defeated right-wing attacks on:Workers’ Rights (Ohio);Choice...
View ArticleTuesday's Biggest Loser: The New, New Mitt Romney
The new, new Mitt Romney has been doing everything he can to fit in. But on Tuesday, he faced a big setback: he found out that he had been trying too hard to fit in with the wrong crowd.Mitt was having...
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