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Frederick Clarkson

Senior Research Analyst

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Frederick Clarkson is a Senior Research Analyst at PRA and has written about politics and religion for more than four decades. His work has appeared in a wide range of publications from Mother Jones, Church & State, and Ms. Magazine to The Christian Science Monitor, Salon.com, and Religion Dispatches. He is the author of Eternal Hostility: The Struggle Between In the classical definition, a system in which governmental leaders are clergy. Learn more and Democracy, and editor of Dispatches from the Religious Left: The Future of Faith and Politics in America. He has worked as an investigative editor at Planned Parenthood Federation of America; as Communications Director at the Institute for Democracy Studies; and co-founded the group blog, Talk to Action. 

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Political Research Associates
The concerted effort by the Religious Right to redefine Religious Freedom is steadily making its way through the courts and legislators.
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Political Research Associates
Multiple Court Rulings Advance Government Sectarian Prayer
These cases’ impact on how we manage the intersection of religion and public life may be transformative.
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Political Research Associates
The 3 Possible Outcomes in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby
In March, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., which was combined with Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius. They may well be two of the most pivotal Supreme Court rulings of our time.
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