https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to Anti-Black Racism en https://politicalresearch.org/2025/09/03/anti-antisemitism-and-antiracism-leo-ferguson-and-steven-gardiner This episode of Lifting the Curtain on Antisemitism breaks down how antisemitism is tied to anti-immigrant movements and anti-Blackness, and how they work together to reinforce systems of oppression. Wed, 03 Sep 2025 07:00:43 EDT Political Research Associates bb9a041d-139e-43fb-9d72-4fcff910d35f https://politicalresearch.org/2023/02/22/rage In this discussion, we explore rage and its potential for transformative racial justice, the contemporary and historical weaponization of White rage, and the deployment of civility in maintaining social order. Wed, 22 Feb 2023 05:35:36 EST Political Research Associates f56ea261-0ff2-40ef-82cf-f7b16acd6015 https://politicalresearch.org/2022/04/29/crt-and-sbc The history of the Southern Baptist Convention informs the way that they plan to address Critical Race Theory in their church going forward. Fri, 29 Apr 2022 11:23:13 EDT Daniel Eppley 7664f560-b054-4c78-a3c6-cf143b885a31 https://politicalresearch.org/2021/10/21/sowing-seeds-white-supremacy-through-education The Koch network has worked to undermine the rights and liberties of non-white communities through a decades-long assault on public education, with Critical Race Theory most recently in its sights. Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:50:24 EDT Jasmine Banks b302eb84-468a-4916-91ce-f65e20c44766 https://politicalresearch.org/2020/12/15/no-fascist-usa An author Q&A with Hillary Moore about her book No Fascist USA!: The John Brown Anti-Klan Committee and Lessons for Today’s Movements Tue, 15 Dec 2020 12:22:30 EST Shane Burley 85610138-7bdb-49f2-a35d-3273125ac320 https://politicalresearch.org/2020/06/29/antisemitic-and-anti-black Amidst nationwide BLM protests, the conservative Jewish publication Tablet publishes an interview with Kevin MacDonald, prominent voice of Antisemitic White nationalism, on Globalist conspiracies behind the protest movement. Mon, 29 Jun 2020 01:36:54 EDT Ben Lorber 1ea289d5-8a48-4cfd-8699-a3134c38aa5e https://politicalresearch.org/2019/06/12/epicenter-chicago Introduction In many ways, all eyes are on Chicago. The city increasingly finds itself at the epicenter of multiple discourses of violence and safety – from hubristic Presidential tweets claiming federal intervention is necessary to address Chicago’s murder rate, to… Wed, 12 Jun 2019 11:30:16 EDT Andrea J. Ritchie aa8dcfed-1e6b-40c7-93e7-300a6ddd4f83 https://politicalresearch.org/2018/11/27/road-flint It’s not by chance that the U.S. is full of hollowed-out urban centers. Residents are disproportionately poor and people of color, surrounded by wealthier and Whiter suburbs. It traces back to the Great Migration, which brought great numbers of African Am Tue, 27 Nov 2018 03:10:28 EST Anna Clark 8fc3ee27-994d-4c80-889a-dc730f320abe https://politicalresearch.org/2018/09/18/new-southern-strategy Trump’s misogyny, racism, xenophobia, and bigotry were never really obstacles for the “faith, family, and life” crowd, but part of the appeal. Tue, 18 Sep 2018 03:15:05 EDT Cole Parke 900222bc-d836-427e-a66d-41c4e2a3e02f https://politicalresearch.org/2018/03/22/mothers-white-supremacy Although historically, White women have supported the political, cultural, and social systems of White supremacy, there’s still a surprising level of confusion and shock when White women today do the same. Media narratives continue to assume, against evid Thu, 22 Mar 2018 12:52:37 EDT Kelly J. Baker 1bbf0eb3-1c41-47e7-8a8e-698d89c751f4 https://politicalresearch.org/2016/07/06/black-lives-over-broken-windows Broken windows policing is not only all too often lethal, it also contributes to the use of excessive and illegal force in the context of the most mundane police encounters. Wed, 06 Jul 2016 12:10:09 EDT Andrea J. Ritchie 83a68952-e7fa-44d5-99d1-5b72759efad9 https://politicalresearch.org/2016/06/07/tracking-blackness-qa-dark-matters-author-simone-browne Simone Browne, an associate professor of African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, describes her new book, Dark Matters: On The Surveillance of Blackness, as a conversation between Black Studies and Surveillance Studies—the latter a young discipline devoted to investigating the technological and social dimensions of surveillance. Tue, 07 Jun 2016 12:16:53 EDT Lindsay Beyerstein 4f8a1958-dad5-4001-89d5-75ae584215f8 https://politicalresearch.org/2016/02/09/crime-control-political-repression American political time is often rhetorically divided into before and after the attacks of September 11, 2001. But this distinction both romanticizes the past and obscures some of the institutional architecture underlying the War on Terror. Tue, 09 Feb 2016 11:45:28 EST Naomi Braine 11edf832-2d17-480e-b3ff-a6f411f052cd https://politicalresearch.org/2016/02/02/35-years-demonization Between 1990 and 2000, the number of people in U.S. prisons and jails increased from 292 per 100,000 to 481 per 100,000. But the number of women in prison rose even more sharply, doubling over the ten-year period. Tue, 02 Feb 2016 01:02:51 EST Victoria Law 7a824e61-a472-453e-b1b3-11514f97e9c8 https://politicalresearch.org/2015/11/21/what-lone-wolf-terrorism-digital-age U.S. law enforcement and media to frame Far Right terrorists as Lone Wolves, while Muslim militants who act similarly are usually described as part of international jihadist terror networks. Sat, 21 Nov 2015 12:30:09 EST Eli Lee 9b91bfd1-ed23-491c-b045-e2c7e99a0aae https://religiondispatches.org/2015/11/09/what-we-dont-know-about-black-social-gospel-long-neglected-tradition-reclaimed For twenty years I have sprinkled discussions of the black social gospel into various books while imploring scholars that we need a book on this tradition. Finally I applied the imploring to myself, because the greatest legacy of the justly… Mon, 09 Nov 2015 03:11:36 EST Gary Dorrien 6e679d56-52f7-4877-ab5b-dc9a2cb6fa2c https://politicalresearch.org/2015/11/02/policies-make-people-disappear Rep. Richard H. Baker, a Republican congressman from Baton Rouge, was quoted as telling lobbyists in September 2005, “We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans. We couldn’t do it, but God did.” Mon, 02 Nov 2015 01:06:22 EST Dani McClain 0fde324f-8e62-45ec-bc6e-da750c5779b2 https://politicalresearch.org/2015/07/24/charleston-chattanooga The Charleston and Chattanooga shooters had very similar lives and stories. Yet one’s actions are labeled as terrorism, and the others’ as “hate.” Fri, 24 Jul 2015 12:30:59 EDT Naomi Braine 137857fe-8693-45b3-b5f6-330ac2d79330 https://politicalresearch.org/2015/06/24/charleston-massacre-attack-christianity-yes-not-how-christian-right-says Immediately following the mass murder some Christian Right leaders jumped onto the airwaves to claim the shooting was an example of the campaign against religious freedom in America. They were onto something, just not what they thought they were. Wed, 24 Jun 2015 07:07:27 EDT Frederick Clarkson 3ed64a8c-a689-495c-924c-9a1b53d3ab75 https://politicalresearch.org/2015/05/12/how-right-co-opting-blacklivesmatter-roll-back-repro-rights The Right’s success in reframing and co-opting social justice movements has derailed more than one progressive campaign. Among them is an emerging effort to convert the “Black Lives Matter” rallying cry into an anti-abortion one. Tue, 12 May 2015 11:55:17 EDT Cole Parke 9d45cc93-180b-4e80-9e3a-bb91078b842b https://politicalresearch.org/2014/12/18/5-right-wing-media-narratives-attacking-black-lives-matter-movement Black Lives Matter protests have electrified the country, and the Right has responded with its usual bag of tricks, as it tries to ensure that the U.S. racial hierarchy remains intact. Thu, 18 Dec 2014 01:52:08 EST Spencer Sunshine d8d68105-8052-405b-a6fa-c7b319ef1d1d https://politicalresearch.org/2014/11/25/defending-justice-how-does-law-order-play-out-racial-terms You might imagine that an increased emphasis on law and order would result in increased attention to all forms of law-breaking. But addressing police brutality and other forms of State violence clearly is not the focus of law-and-order policies. Tue, 25 Nov 2014 03:31:23 EST Jean Hardisty e3f7f08e-1513-46d0-9b71-ea5f346356b5 https://politicalresearch.org/2014/10/31/lincoln-slave-narratives-and-hollywoods-neoliberal-agenda A number of acclaimed films focusing on the life of Abraham Lincoln, slavery, and the Civil War have distorted historical reality to suggest that exceptional individuals– and not social movements–are are responsible for progressive social change. Fri, 31 Oct 2014 02:34:50 EDT Craig Harshaw edecea6a-e26a-4258-a6c5-e66c403b336f https://politicalresearch.org/2014/02/18/white-supremacist-analyst-cable-news-coverage-zimmerman-dunn-trials Media coverage of the trials has become enormous boon for certain white supremacists. Nowhere is this more evident—and disturbing—than in the case of Frank Taaffe. Tue, 18 Feb 2014 01:13:06 EST Rachel Tabachnick d71ede5f-1226-4883-9160-ce5d02b55d8b https://politicalresearch.org/2014/01/06/guns-and-racism As gun control advocates push for stricter gun laws, and pro-gun groups continue to push back, there’s one important aspect of the debate conservatives tend to fear discussing: race. Mon, 06 Jan 2014 03:10:28 EST Jim Trinh c0960775-893c-4241-9a73-a524ce84b4a3