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  • The Right Hand of Occupy Wall Street

    From Libertarians to Nazis, the Fact and Fiction of Right-Wing Involvement

    The most successful mobilization on the Left in recent years—the Occupy movement—had ambiguously defined enemies and used an organizing model that was easily replicated. These strategies were key elements of its success, but they also enabled a…

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  • RELEASE: Uganda President Signs Anti-Homosexuality Bill

    Despite promises not to sign the Anti-Homosexuality Bill until he had heard from U.S. scientists, Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has broken that promise and put the lives of every LGBTQ Ugandan in jeopardy.

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  • The Adoption Crunch, the Christian Right, and the Challenge to Indian Sovereignty

    An empty playground.

    While the demand for adoptable babies is increasing in the United States—driven in large part by evangelical Christians—the number of babies available for adoption is declining. Adoption agencies are now targeting tribal nations as a potential new…

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  • The Gospel of James Baldwin

    An Interview with Dr. E.L. Kornegay Jr.
    A portrait of James Baldwin

    Kornegay was drawn to study the work of the writer James Baldwin (1924-1987) through a comment made by the founder of Black liberation theology, James H. Cone, who once said that Baldwin taught him how to write. Kornegay was intrigued: “That took me…

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  • Small Town Cross Roads/Moving Up, Fighting Back

    Creating a Path to LGBTQ Youth Liberation

    In Small Town Cross Roads, Southerners On New Ground (SONG) explores the realities and dreams of queer people who live in small Southern towns like West Monroe. Echoing SONG’s findings, FIERCE also lifts up challenges faced by LGBTQ youth in rural…

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  • The Hammer of Justice

    Pete Seeger, who was born in Manhattan in 1919 and died there in January, told Mother Earth News in a 1982 interview that “it’s impossible to have education without controversy.”

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  • Decriminalizing Queer Requires More Than Diplomacy

    Relics of the colonial era, combined with a new wave of aggressive fervor from U.S. conservative evangelical missionaries, have created the perfect foundation for an all-out war against LGBTQ people.

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  • WARNING: U.S. LGBTQ Organizations Falling Into Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Trap

    Various human rights organizations in both the U.S. and Uganda are demanding a recall of the U.S. Ambassadors to Uganda and Nigeria. These organizations are falling right into the well-organized trap set by U.S. conservatives.

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  • White Supremacist “Analyst” on Cable News’ Coverage of Zimmerman & Dunn Trials

    Media coverage of the trials has become enormous boon for certain white supremacists, who have managed to use mainstream news outlets as a platform for bigotry. Nowhere is this more evident—and disturbing—than in the case of Frank Taaffe.

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  • RELEASE: Uganda President Persecutes LGBTQ People For Political Power

    Uganda President Yoweri Museveni is walking a political tightrope on the backs of LGBTQ Ugandans. In declaring that he will sign Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, Museveni seeks to solidify his crumbling political power while putting the blame for…

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  • 20 on the Right in Occupy

    In my Public Eye article “The Right Hand of Occupy Wall Street,” I detail many of the issues related to right-wing and conspiracy theorist participation in the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement—including the false attempts by the mainstream right-…

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  • Why Did Bob Jones University Terminate Its Sexual Abuse Investigation?

    Silence, evasion, and cover-ups remain the characteristic responses of evangelical leaders to abuse within their communities. The latest example of this culture of avoidance may be Bob Jones University.

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  • Beyond Bullying: Equally Excellent Education for All?

    The 2014 Creating Change Conference was held in Houston, Texas on January 29 - February 2 and included several panels led by staff and fellows of Political Research Associates. The following is a summary of my portion of the panel titled “Beyond…

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  • "Scrambling to Make Sense of Russia" - PRA's Jay Michaelson on NPR

    PRA’s Jay Michaelson, author of the groundbreaking report Redefining Religious Liberty: The Covert Campaign Against Civil Rights, joins local NPR outlet WNPR News to discuss how anti-LGBTQ laws aren’t limited to Russia, they’re cropping…

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  • VIDEO: Kuchu Diaspora Alliance Protests Uganda's LGBT Policies

    Gathering outside the Ugandan embassy in Washington D.C., Victor and other members of the KDA protested against Uganda’s pending anti-homosexuality law and the exportation of homophobia by U.S. evangelicals to Africa.

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  • The Stuff of Which Religious War is Made

    Gregory M. Aymond, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of New Orleans, is the leader of the majority religious institution in the state’s largest city, and he has made clear he is willing to use its economic leverage against any person or business…

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  • Considering #SochiProblems Beyond Russia

    On Twitter, journalists are popularizing the “#SochiProblems” hashtag, documenting shoddy and ill-prepared accommodations. Yet the bigger concerns have more to do with human rights than broken doorknobs.

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  • Ted Cruz & ALEC

    Seceding from the Union One Law at a Time

    Tea Partiers, Tenthers, and the corporate sponsors who support them have come up with a variety of ways to circumvent the federal government and bypass the federal regulatory system, including efforts to hold an Article V Convention, commonly called…

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  • FRC's Anti-Choice Conference

    How the Right Co-Opts Feminism and Racial Justice

    The conference marked another episode in the Right’s ongoing campaign attacking women’s bodily autonomy and access to comprehensive reproductive healthcare. As PRA detailed in its Summer 2013 issue of The Public Eye, these efforts have…

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  • Don't Miss PRA at Creating Change!

    Headed to the Creating Change conference in Houston this week? Don’t miss PRA’s workshops!

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