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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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  • PRA's Rachel Tabachnick Exposes Ron Paul's Paleoconservative Agenda in AlterNet

    PRA research fellow Rachel Tabachnick is featured heavily in the latest article on AlterNet.com, discussing her report exposing Ron Paul’s involvement in creating and pushing the movement for nullification. Check out the snippet below, and don’…

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  • Uganda President Museveni Will Likely Sign Anti-Homosexuality Law

    While international media praises Ugandan President Museveni for “blocking” the Anti-Homosexuality bill—in reality he’s politically weak, trying to appease both sides, and will likely sign the bill.

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  • When the “Family Values” Agenda Includes Child Sex Abuse

    The exposure of widespread sex abuse by Roman Catholic clergy—and of the subsequent cover-ups by church leaders—has rocked the Catholic church for more than a decade. Less well known, though closely analogous, is the issue of widespread abuse within…

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  • My Debt to Dr. King

    As an Asian-American, I’m often cast as an ally rather than a stakeholder when I show up at Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations. Occasionally, someone will even come right out and thank me for showing up, like I’m doing folk a favor or something…

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  • National Journal: PRA Researchers Describe U.S. Evangelical Involvement in Russia & Uganda

    Political Research Associates’ researchers Rev. Dr. Kapya Kaoma and Cole Parke discuss how U.S.-based conservatives are working directly with the governments of nations like Russia and Uganda to bring about anti-LGBTQ legislation.

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  • "Accidental Activism" and Redefining Religious Liberty

    Accidental Activist illustrates not only the considerable efforts of the Religious Right to foster paranoia about anti-Christian persecution but also the intentionality and sophistication of the narrative. Through its melding of conservative racial…

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  • The John Birch Society's Anti-Civil Rights Campaign of the 1960s, and Its Relevance Today

    A group of people in suits walking, holding signs saying "We demand decent housing now!"

    Founded in 1958, the John Birch Society (JBS) fiercely opposed the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s and 1970s. Decades later, the rise of the Tea Party and the ongoing “Ron Paul Revolution” have helped the JBS make a comeback as it attracts…

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  • Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!

    As many of us enjoy the long weekend, we are called to remember Dr. King’s extraordinary role in the movement that dismantled Jim Crow segregation and secured civil rights for African Americans. But we also remember MLK’s broader vision for…

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  • Nullification Bills Already on the Move in 2014

    Less than a month into 2014, nullification initiatives - legal theory that states can block federal laws that those states deem to be unconstitutional - are continuing to make their way through state legislatures.

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