http://www.pfaw.org Big Bird, Martin Sheen and the Muppets participated in "I Love Liberty," a two-hour television special that Norman Lear produced for People For the American Way. The Muppets do a wonderful reenactment of the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, reminding us all that our nation's founders were a group of unruly rebels who stood up to tyranny.
http://www.pfaw.org Robin Williams portrays the American flag in "I Love Liberty," a two-hour television special created by Norman Lear and presented by People For the American Way.
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Americans speak out against telecom immunity, urging Congress to stand up to the Bush administration and stop the spying. A video from People For the American Way and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
http://www.CorrectTh eCourt.com Lilly Ledbetter tells her story and how we can help. She won her pay discrimination case in a jury trial but the increasingly right-wing Supreme Court ruled against her on a technicality and made it easier for companies to discriminate. Hear more from Lilly and petition Congress to undo the damage at http://www.CorrectTh eCourt.com
The Rev. Timothy McDonald, chair of African American Ministers in Action, discussed the fallout over Rev. Jeremiah Wright with Bill O'Reilly and author Obery Hendricks.
http://www.crooksand liars.com/2008/06/11 /97-year-old-arizona -woman-disenfranchis ed-by-voter-id-law/ Shirley Preiss was born in Kentucky in 1910 -- a full 10 years before American women gained the right to vote. She first voted in a presidential election in 1932, for FDR. She's voted in every presidential election since, but that's all about to change due to Arizona's draconian voter ID law.
http://www.savetheco urt.org On the day of the Democratic presidential primary in North Carolina and Indiana, John McCain gave a speech about his views on judges at Wake Forest University. Here's what he said, explained -- in proper pop-up fashion.
On July 11, John McCain emphatically said at a town hall that, "We haven't done enough. We have not done enough" on equal pay for women. Unfortunately, his strong words don't match his record.
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http://www.pfaw.org -- Martin Sheen narrates this video, produced by People For the American Way, about the history of separation of church & state and efforts by the Religious Right to undermine it.
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1-22-08 is the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision recognizing that a woman's constitutional right to privacy includes the right to choose to end a pregnancy. Here's a message Kathleen Turner recorded for PFAW on the importance of choice and countering Sen. Susan Collins - who's voted for anit-choice Bush judicial nominees - in Maine.
http://www.pfaw.org -- This ad was aired in 1987 as part of People For the American Way's successful effort to block the nomination of Robert Bork, President Reagan's extremist nominee to the Supreme Court