Our Statement on what happened in Charlottesville Posted on August 14, 2017 All of us at Free Speech For People are heartbroken and outraged by the white supremacist violence that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia this past weekend. Read our statement.Read More
Slate: This Lawsuit in Alaska Could Upend the Campaign Finance Landscape Posted on August 14, 2017 (August 14, 2017) A little-known court case in Alaska could be the next big money-in-politics controversy, says Slate. Read More
FSFP & Courage Campaign Respond By letter to CalPERS’s Ongoing Payments to CIM Fund III Posted on August 14, 2017 (October 3, 2018) Read our response to a July 28, 2017 letter received by Marcie Frost, Chief Executive Officer, California Public Employee’s Retirement System. Read More
Listen to Ron Fein on the Vintage Voorhees Show Posted on August 11, 2017 (October 3, 2018) Our Legal Director discusses the campaign to Impeach Donald Trump Now with Scott VoorheesRead More
Zephyr Teachout Joins Over 1.1 Million Citizens Calling for an Impeachment Investigation of President Trump Posted on August 7, 2017 (August 7, 2017) In a video posted to her Facebook page, Zephyr Teachout explains President Trump’s abuse of power and why she is joining over 1.1 million people at ImpeachDonaldTrumpNow.org to call on Congress to begin an impeachment investigation of President Trump. Read More
California Sees the Light: Calling on CalPERS to Divest Trump SoHo Posted on July 31, 2017 (July 31, 2017) This weekend, Bay-Area based artist and activist, Alan Marling took to the streets of Oakland and Berkeley to project a light-message sharing our Divest Trump SoHo campaign. Read More
President Trump’s National Water Hazard Posted on July 27, 2017 (October 3, 2018) Thanks to an Executive Order signed by President Trump, the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers are poised to give a huge break to the President’s golf courses by rolling back a key part of the Clean Water Act.Read More
New friend-of-the-court brief argues for self-government Posted on July 26, 2017 (July 26, 2017) Today, Free Speech For People filed a friend-of-the-court brief (along with Prof. David Fontana of George Washington University Law School) arguing that an Alaska campaign finance law should be upheld because it serves a compelling government interest in democratic self-governmentRead More
The Atlantic: Trump’s Interests vs. America’s, Pensions Edition Posted on July 21, 2017 (October 3, 2018) In at least seven states, government employees are obligated, via their pension funds, to invest in a company that operates one of the president’s New York hotels, The Atlantic reports. Read More
Reuters: Campaign urges U.S. public pension funds to divest from owner of Trump hotel Posted on July 19, 2017 (October 3, 2018) Today, Julia Harte of Reuters released an exclusive story on our campaign to urge public pension funds, California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and the New York State Common Retirement Fund to reconsider their investments in CIM Fund III, which owns the Trump SoHo. Read More