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Raw Story: ‘We live in theocratic times’: Right-wing Christians are claiming religious freedom to ignore any laws they wish

Political Research Associates

Raw Story reporter Travis Gettys covers PRA’s new research article on the Christian Right’s campaign to redefine religious freedom. Gettys points out that while Americans have famously been granted…

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The Daily Beast: The ‘Natural Family’: The Latest Weapon in the Christian Right’s New Global War on Gays

Political Research Associates

The Daily Beast draws heavily on the work of PRA researcher Cole Parke to show how the U.S. Right is working overseas, particularly in Russia, to develop a ‘Plan B’ against LGBTQ rights. It’s a…

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Newsweek: How Timothy McVeigh's Ideals Entered the Mainstream

Political Research Associates

Newsweek reporter Nina Burleigh interviews PRA executive director Tarso Luís Ramos about the mainstreaming of Patriot and Militia Movement rhetoric and ideals. As Ramos explains, the often-violent…

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HuffPost: A Single Garment of Destiny: Looking Beyond Marriage Equality and the Supreme Court

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Dr. Dorothee Benz, communications director at the Center for Constitutional Rights, discusses the Right’s plans now that the battle for marriage equality in the U.S. is drawing to a close. A big part…

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Salon: Progressives can't trust Hillary Clinton: What's behind her bizarre alliance with the Christian right?

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Salon’s Paul Rosenberg exhaustively documents the Clintons’ long history with the Christian Right, and their support for faith-based initiatives – the idea of taking crucial government social services…

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Windy City Times: Inclusive ministry battles spread of LGBT hatred in Africa

Political Research Associates

Windy City Times brings out the story of how U.S. pastors Rick Warren and Scott Lively have undertaken multi-year initiatives to spread anti-LGBTQ sentiment in African countries, as well as anti-LGBTQ…

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IREHR: Remembering the Oklahoma City Bombing

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The Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing by remembering some of the political trends that led up to the tragedy that left…

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HuffPost: Religion and RFRA — Fix it? Nix it?

Political Research Associates

Rev. Dr. Nancy Wilson of Metropolitan Community Churches draws on PRA’s 2013 report on the Christian Right’s campaign to redefine religious freedom in her article describing the backlash against the…

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Ms. Magazine: NEWSFLASH: First-Ever Woman Sentenced for Feticide

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Ms. Magazine associate editor Anita Little profiles Lynn Paltrow’s new article in PRA’s The Public Eye magazine, detailing the account of Purvi Patel in Indiana. “While no woman should face criminal…

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NACLA: Change is Possible: Sexual Conversions and Imperial Aspirations in the Americas

Political Research Associates

Reporter Annie Wilkinson uses PRA’s documentation of the so-called “ex-gay movement’s” spread throughout the world—particularly in South America, Africa, and Eastern Europe—despite its collapse in the…

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