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With Roe Falling, LGBTQ Families Fear They’ll Be the Supreme Court’s Next Target

Political Research Associates
Rolling Stone
With Roe v. Wade overturned, LGBTQ families are protecting themselves incase Obergefell v. Hodges is next.
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What happened to Rusty Bowers’ daughter? ‘Marvellous’ woman died last year

Political Research Associates
The Focus
Arizona house speaker Russell “Rusty” Bowers, Republican, testified yesterday (Tuesday, 21 June 2022) before the select committee investigating the events of 6 January 2021. He told the committee he “didn’t want to be used as a pawn”.
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Heron Greenesmith on Anti-LGBT Politics & Roe v Wade

Political Research Associates
Yeah Nah Pasaran
This week we talk with Heron Greenesmith(link is external), a lawyer and senior research analyst with Political Research Associates(link is external), about anti-Trans violence and rhetoric from the Right and Left.
Yeah Nah Pasaran! Heron Greenesmith on Anti-LGBTQI Politics and the Right
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Southern Baptist Battle Goes Full MAGA: Far Right Seeks to Purge CRT and “Race Marxism”

Political Research Associates
Salon
What happens in the SBC, with its deep connections to the Republican Party and the anti-abortion movement, inevitably affects U.S. politics more broadly. But this year, the reverse was true as well.
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EWU's future: Will the new president restore the diversity programs that were once a vibrant calling card of the university?

Political Research Associates
Inlander
We are the directors of the American Indian Studies and the Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies (GWSS) programs at Eastern Washington University. We are reeling at the latest racist mass shootings and all of the current attacks on bodily autonomy
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Exclusive: Self-Described "Christian Fascist" Movement is Trying to Sabotage LGBTQ Pride Month

Political Research Associates
Salon
The event was intended to be light-hearted, featuring musical chairs, mocktails and a chance for kids to vogue alongside the performers. But before the doors had even opened, the whole thing turned ugly.
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A Pizzagate in Every City

Political Research Associates
The New Republic
After threats made against Pride events by far-right actors in Idaho and Arizona over the past few weeks, a group whose leader calls herself a “Christian fascist” and others with ties to white nationalist groups targeted a Pride event in Dallas.
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NPR: In the fight against white nationalism white people are key - May 23, 2022

Political Research Associates
“Tarso Luis Ramos is executive director of Political Research Associates, a Boston-based research group that tracks white nationalism.” Listen to the episode and read the transcript here.
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The Forward: My fellow white Jews: This is not our Shiva - May 23, 2022

Political Research Associates
“Of course, this is true. As Political Research Associates, a leading expert in white nationalist movements, put it, ‘The attack should be understood as an act of political violence’ that ‘takes Black…
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The Political Religions That Brought Down Roe

Political Research Associates
Ms. Magazine
Since it has become clear that Roe v. Wade will be overturned, most of the commentary focused on the history of the law and the politics of the Supreme Court. But there is much more to the story.
Abortion activists gather outside of the Basilica of St. Patricks Old Cathedral, a Catholic church in downtown Manhattan, on May 7, 2022, while anti-abortion activists and worshippers look on.
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