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Did Religion Motivate Assassination of Minnesota Lawmaker?

Political Research Associates
Barn Raiser
The media has overlooked Vance Boelter’s connection to the New Apostolic Reformation in his alleged targeting of public officials
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Press

Countering Authoritarian Takeover With the Labor Movement

Political Research Associates
The Nation
Alex Han of In These Times and Tarso Luís Ramos speak about the vital role of worker organizing in an age of growing authoritarianism.
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Press

From Courts to Community Power: Trans Rights Advocates Respond to Skrmetti’s Fallout

Political Research Associates
Non Profit Quarterly
Legal scholars sharply criticized the decision in Skremetti, warning that it distorts equal protection law to serve a conservative political agenda.
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Press

There’s a New Sheriff in Town. But Buffalo Area Jails Remain as Dangerous as Ever.

Political Research Associates
Bolts
Despite federal oversight, elections, and promises of reform from a new sheriff, little has changed for people detained in Erie County jails.
A man in a sheriff's outfit and a woman in an orange jumpsuit in the foreground.
Press

How to improve university EDI policies so they address Jewish identity and antisemitism

Political Research Associates
The Conversation
In the months following Oct. 7, 2023 and the subsequent war in Gaza, university campuses across Canada became sites of tension, protest and divisions. Jewish students and faculty increasingly reported feeling alone, excluded and targeted.
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Press

Sikh Temple Accuses Hindu American Foundation Of Operating as an Unregistered Foreign Agent

Political Research Associates
American Kahani
The case reflects growing tensions within the South Asian American community over India’s domestic and foreign policies.
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Press

Albanese’s Bravery Merits the Nobel Prize

Political Research Associates
Counter Punch
In this exclusive interview for CounterPunch, Richard Falk, international law scholar and former UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Since 1967, talks about the July 2025 U.S.
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Press

Fact Check Overview: Falsehoods and Misleading Tropes About Transgender People

Political Research Associates
GLAAD
In the current cultural and political landscape, LGBTQ people — and especially transgender and nonbinary people — face an onslaught of attacks, including extraordinary levels of inflammatory, false, dehumanizing rhetoric.
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Press

Matt Shea and the growing religious extremism in the Pacific Northwest

Political Research Associates
SPLC
Hard-right extremist Matt Shea has been increasingly active in the Christian supremacist movement, including attending an anti-trans event in Seattle on May 27 sponsored by Don’t Mess With Our Kids (DMOK), at which more than 20 attendees were arrested.
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Press

Did Christian Nationalist Leaders Prompt Mike Johnson’s Epstein Flip-Flop?

Political Research Associates
Mother Jones
On Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson, in a departure from his previous calls for transparency, announced that he would not ask for a vote on whether the files pertaining to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein should be released.
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Press