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Alternet: Religious Freedom Is a Progressive Value and a Cornerstone of Our Democracy

Political Research Associates
Religious freedom is a central issue of our time. It has figured prominently in recent decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court. It was a major theme of the presidential election of 2016. And it has been a…
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SPLC Hatewatch: Christina Hoff Sommers can't take a single line of criticism

Political Research Associates
The claim made in the SPLC profile is narrower than Sommers’ reformulation. Sommers has written a book on the “war against boys” and has insisted that reported rates of rape and sexual abuse are…
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Forward: Does Richard Spencer’s Disastrous College Tour Mean The ‘Alt-Right’ Is Fizzling Out?

Political Research Associates
“I think this is clearly a turning point for the white nationalist ‘alt-right’’s ability to use the schools and to appear in public,” Spencer Sunshine, an associate fellow at the think tank Political…
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KPFA: White Supremacist Violence Surges Thanks to Trump

Political Research Associates
Anti-Semitic incidents in the US have sharply risen as per a new report by the Anti-Defamation League. The report is consistent with a massive surge of White Supremacist violence in the US under…
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The News Virginian: Patriotic paramilitary group to demonstrate Saturday at Nexus in Verona

Political Research Associates
Spencer Sunshine, an associate fellow of Political Research Associates, said the Three Percenters originally formed a decade ago over gun restrictions. “Gun rights is the definitional issue. They don…
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Salon: Parkland paranoia: Why is the far right obsessed with George Soros?

Political Research Associates
“We should all understand that the targeting of George Soros is an anti-Semitic act at this point,” said Eric Ward, executive director of the Western States Center. Ward is also the author of a June…
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Truthout: The “Alt-Right” Is Building a White Nationalist Mass Movement With “Operation Homeland”

Political Research Associates
The “alt-right” didn’t really enter the spotlight of mainstream US culture until it dropped back into the gutter. For the first years of its infancy, from the founding of “AlternativeRight.com” in…
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The Laura Flanders Show: Trump Year 2: What's Next?

Political Research Associates
What lies ahead for change makers in 2018, the right and the rest. Laura talks politics, culture, and economics with Tarso Luís Ramos, executive director of Political Research Associates, and Sarah…
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Al Jazeera: FashMaps website tracks neo-Nazis in the US

Political Research Associates
Spencer Sunshine, an associate fellow at Political Research Associates, explained that it is difficult to gauge the extent of harm the Daily Stormer’s inability to find a permanent online home has had…
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Al Jazeera: Alarm over white supremacist candidates in US

Political Research Associates
Spencer Sunshine, an associate fellow at Political Research Associates who follows white nationalist movements, explained that the “ideas of the alt-right are now part of the GOP”. “Clearly, the…
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