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TruthOut: Google Podcasts Is Hosting a Cache of White Nationalist Content - May 19, 2021

Political Research Associates

“ ‘When major tech platforms host white nationalist content, they make readily accessible to a wide audience the virulent bigotry and exclusionary ideology that has helped inspire mass shootings and…

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Bloomberg Law: Transgender School Athletes Barred in Growing Number of States - May 25, 2021

Political Research Associates

“ ‘These organizations are building good, deep relationships with state legislators, and either helping them construct the bills or introducing them to people in their states who can construct the…

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Religion & Politics: The Eugenics Roots of Evangelical Family Values - May 12, 2021

Political Research Associates

“In a copublication of Political Research Associates and the Women of Color Resource Center, political scientist Jane Hardistry has noted that by carefully avoiding overt statements of the inferiority…

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The New Yorker: A Pennsylvania Lawmaker and the Resurgence of Christian Nationalism - May 9, 2021

Political Research Associates

“The N.A.R.’s overarching agenda—to return the United States to an idealized Christian past—is largely built upon the work of the pseudo-historian David Barton, who has advanced the idea that America…

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The Progressive: Antisemitism Meets Transphobia - April 28,2021

Political Research Associates

This article was written by PRA Senior Research Analyst Heron Greenesmith, and Research Analyst Ben Lorber. “These types of conspiracy theories have long been a cornerstone of antisemitism—which…

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The Guardian: The Tiny American Towns Passing Anti-Abortion Rules - April 27, 2021

Political Research Associates

“These militant ‘abolitionists’ have seen increasing success pushing bills to criminalize abortion and share an affinity for anti-government ideology with rightwing militias, researchers argue.”…

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SPLC Hatewatch: Far-Right Groups Flood State Legislatures With Anti-Trans Bills Targeting Children - April 26, 2021

Political Research Associates

“Heron Greenesmith, senior research analyst and expert in anti-trans networks at Political Research Associates, told Hatewatch, ‘Anti-trans feminist groups like the Women’s Liberation Front and…

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Buzzfeed News: Meet The “Fringe Extremists” Pushing Flawed Science To Target Trans Kids - April 16, 2021

Political Research Associates

“Heron Greenesmith, a senior analyst at Political Research Associates, a progressive think tank dedicated to studying the American right, told BuzzFeed News that the widely accepted studies into best…

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The Guardian: US anti-abortion groups shift focus to voting restrictions - April 9, 2021

Political Research Associates

“ ‘The Republican party and the Christian right has invested a tremendous amount into minority recruitment,’ said Fred Clarkson, an expert on the religious right and a researcher at Political Research…

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The New Republic: The Right’s Fight Against LGBTQ Rights Is More Than a Culture War - March 17, 2021

Political Research Associates

“As Heron Greenesmith, senior research analyst at Political Research Associates, explained after an Ohio state legislator unwittingly leaked the campaign, The Promise “describes a childhood in which a…

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