People For the American Way

“Trump’s speech today on public safety was appalling.

People For The American Way: Trump’s Public Safety Speech “Appalling”

Photos: YouTube Washington, DC — In response to Donald Trump’s speech Tuesday on “law and order” and public safety, People For the American Way ...

voting rights activists escalated demands for the White House to act on voting rights Wednesday

Voting Rights Activists Arrested At White House, Demand Biden Act

Photo: Facebook Washington, DC — Hundreds of voting rights activists escalated demands for the White House to act on voting rights Wednesday, in an ...

President Biden now needs to back up those words with stronger actions. Senate Republicans have already used filibuster rules to

President Biden, You Must Protect The Voting Rights Of Those Who Elected You

Photos: YouTube\Facebook I was proud to work hard for the election of President Joe Biden. And I was proud to protest outside the Biden ...

Rep. Cori Bush (shown to the left, next to Rep. Ayanna Pressley sleeping outside Congress )

Rep. Cori Bush Is Making “Good Trouble” In The Tradition Of John Lewis

Photos: YouTube\YouTube Rep. John Lewis, the civil rights icon who died last year, liked to tell activists that building a better world depended on ...

A violent insurrection engulfed the U.S. Capitol just six months ago.

Trump’s Capitol Hill Insurrection And The New “Lost Cause” Of Right-Wing Republicans

Photos: YouTube A violent insurrection engulfed the U.S. Capitol just six months ago. One United States Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died and other ...

Stacey Abrams, the voting-rights activist who knows the system in Georgia better than anyone else, schooled Cruz

Ted Cruz’s Wildly Dishonest Shameless Defense of Voter Suppression

Photos: Wikimedia Commons\YouTube Sen. Ted Cruz is a shameless liar. And he isn’t even a very good one. Witness his latest dishonest defense of ...

we must fight for women of color who fight for us like Kristen Clarke and Vanita Gupta.

We Must Fight For Women of Color Who Fight For Us

Photo: Facebook People For The American Way president, Ben Jealous we must fight for women of color who fight for us like Kristen Clarke ...

Clarke is president of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law,

Biden’s Win Means A Civil Rights Lawyer Will Lead Civil Rights Enforcement

Photo: Lawyers’s Committee Civil rights lawyer and champion Kristen Clarke will be one of the new faces of the Justice Department. Black voters who ...

Donald Trump’s defenders are shameless. And that makes them dangerous.

The Warning Bells in Trump’s Second Impeachment Trial

Photo: YouTube Donald Trump’s defenders are shameless. And that makes them dangerous. It has only been a month since a mob enraged by Trump’s ...

Ben Jealous serves as president of People For the American Way and People For the American Way Foundation.

For a Stronger America, We Must Protect Our Democracy and Hold Extremism Accountable

Photos: YouTube\NNR Nobody needs to tell Black Americans that progress toward an inclusive democracy is often met with brutal resistance. We’ve learned the hard ...