Both the House and the Senate have passed the Hate Crimes Prevent in Act! In the Senate, it passed as an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill, and that is the form in which it will hopefully reach the president's desk. Now, it's up to House members of the conference committee to make sure that the Matthew Shepard Act remains in the authorization bill. And the Right is not throwing in the towel yet.

Read more >

Featured Video: Walter Cronkite In Defense of Liberalism

In the wake of the 1988 presidential election, at People For the American Way's Spirit of Liberty Awards event, Walter Cronkite delivered a speech introducing PFAW co-founder and honoree for the evening, Rep. Barbara Jordan. It was a pep talk, something of a "coming out" speech in that Cronkite chose to make his own progressive values very public and it was an important defense of liberalism at a time when people needed to hear it.

Walter Cronkite passed away this month. He was a true pioneer and a member of the People For family. We will remember him fondly.

Watch >

For some people in Guantanamo Bay who are found not guilty in a court of law for whatever they are eventually put on trial for, the Obama Administration is floating the idea of keeping them in "indefinite detention" anyway.

Read More >

I have to say that Alan Colmes' decision to leave his position on "Hannity and Colmes" is just about the best thing to ever happen … at least for me personally. And the reason is because he now has time to dedicate to interviewing fringe right wing figures on his radio program, much to my delight.

Read More >

Last month, Wiley Drake declared that the murder of Dr. George Tiller was the answer to his imprecatory prayers. He followed that up a few days later by unapologetically admitting to Alan Colmes that he was also praying for President Obama's death.

Now Drake wants to clarify his position and make it known that while he does want Obama to die at the hand of God, he doesn't want to come off as some crank who is obsessed with it. After all, he explains, he's really only spending at most two percent of his prayer-time in seeking the president's death.

Read More >

In conjunction with its healthcare webcast, the Family Research Council announced the release of this new ad in which a couple complains that the man cannot get the life-saving surgery he needs while taxpayer dollars are being used for abortion.

Read More >

The blog The Anonymous Liberal does a fantastic job picking apart John Yoo's op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal defending himself against the findings of the recently released Inspector General's report.

Read More >

In yet another attempt to put an end to the absurd Birther conspiracy theories, Hawaii's health director released a statement attesting that she has personally seen President Obama's birth certificate in the Health Department's archives.

So how is this playing over at WorldNetDaily (aka "Birther Central"), you ask? Shockingly, they have dismissed it entirely and responded by accusing Fukino of breaking the law.

Read More >

Amid questioning concerning her supposed "aggressive" judicial temperament and "bullying" courtroom demeanor, Judge Sotomayor today emerged from the tussle of the hearings a composed and careful speaker, unwilling to let pointed critiques ruffle her feathers.

Read More >