https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to Bolsonaro en https://religiondispatches.org/2025/10/09/nar-vows-stage-largest-ever-gathering-christian-women Last year on Yom Kippur, leaders of the New Apostolic Reformation staged an all-day rally in support of Donald Trump’s bid for the presidency called A Million Women . As was the case with the Million Man March and so… Thu, 09 Oct 2025 11:47:34 EDT Frederick Clarkson cb39a01e-e8b9-484e-b13e-606114ad01cc https://religiondispatches.org/2024/06/03/fox-news-farther-right-calls-violence-and-retribution-follow-trump-verdict When Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, was convicted on 34 felony counts in New York on Thursday, it was to be expected that the Right would take the news badly. And indeed—the various factions of the US… Mon, 03 Jun 2024 06:21:00 EDT Annika Brockschmidt beff88df-e4e0-4ed9-9a9d-34f4a7425664 https://religiondispatches.org/2024/05/23/reporters-guide-new-apostolic-reformation-revised-2025 The story of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) lives at the epicenter of the intersection of politics and religion in the US—and reporting about it is as essential as it is challenging. The story of NAR is happening in the… Thu, 23 May 2024 04:58:12 EDT Frederick Clarkson, André Gagné 718434ec-a88e-45dd-910b-153d686ea9bf https://religiondispatches.org/2024/05/17/evangelical-mission-spread-gospel-muslims-journalist-tells-global-story-about In her just-released book Soul By Soul: The Evangelical Mission to Spread The Gospel to Muslims, journalist Adriana Carranca follows a Brazilian missionary known as Luiz and his wife Gis from their humble origins in Northeastern Brazil through their time… Fri, 17 May 2024 04:30:39 EDT Daniel Schultz 354aeb44-4297-4c6e-977b-33b35e73ef40 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/08/09/following-republican-playbook-german-conservatism-breaks-post-wwii-taboo It was the one taboo in German post-World War II politics: No German party on the democratic spectrum would ever collaborate with a far-right party. And since the arrival of the AfD ( Alternative für Deutschland ) on the national… Wed, 09 Aug 2023 01:27:54 EDT Annika Brockschmidt a8f75187-7273-47a8-ba83-c6de2af16b91 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/03/06/2023-cpac-lived-down-expectations-dont-buy-narrative-gop-not-divided-you-might-think Considering that CPAC is the largest conservative conference in the US, the line-up of their 2023 conference was distinctly unimpressive, with some notable names absent from the list of speakers . While Mitch McConnell hasn’t been invited to CPAC in… Mon, 06 Mar 2023 03:43:20 EST Annika Brockschmidt 478c4d63-ff3b-4e9a-a662-a5ab2c5bb83b https://religiondispatches.org/2023/01/11/coups-feather-striking-similarities-between-brazils-insurrection-and-jan-6-may-be-due The images were eerily similar: Insurrectionists were storming the halls of Congress, beating police officers who tried to fend them off, wreaking havoc in the offices of legislators, desecrating the very symbol of democracy itself— all in the name of… Wed, 11 Jan 2023 02:54:25 EST Annika Brockschmidt f9fdf7a3-8b05-459a-8079-5a6e36adfb88 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/12/27/broken-courts-big-lies-and-genocide-rehearsal-review-2022-and-what-we-can-expect-2023 As 2022 draws to a close, amongst the last-minute hustle before the New Year, there’s a moment for reflection. In my line of work this isn’t necessarily a joyful task, but it is an essential one—especially for what it can… Tue, 27 Dec 2022 12:59:50 EST Annika Brockschmidt 90d12d30-1152-456a-b75c-712afee390fb https://religiondispatches.org/2022/11/30/call-it-christian-globalism-reporters-guide-new-apostolic-reformation-part-iii This is the final installment of a three-part series. Read Part I: Christian Right Denialism is More Dangerous Than Ever: A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation & Part II: When it Comes to Societal Dominion, the Details Matter… Wed, 30 Nov 2022 03:36:57 EST Frederick Clarkson, André Gagné 96e9c9e6-25ea-40f3-9448-44e8de87b335 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/10/28/brazils-trump-bolsonaro-lost-anti-democratic-movements-seldom-accept-electoral-defeat UPDATE, October 31: This Sunday Lula won the Brazilian presidential election by an extremely narrow margin, though Brazil’s future remains in the balance. Bolsonaro and his allies engaged in systematic militarized voter suppression on the day of the election, hoping… Fri, 28 Oct 2022 05:54:59 EDT Craig Johnson 985a3728-d0ef-4f40-830f-f439d2d64ba2 https://religiondispatches.org/2020/09/03/catholic-bishops-theological-mistakes-abortion-come-high-price The facts do not seem to be in dispute: a man from Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil raped his ten-year-old niece. By the time her pregnancy was discovered, her local jurisdiction declared that she was four days over the limit and… Thu, 03 Sep 2020 02:24:20 EDT Mary Hunt 8e8737ae-0f42-4cfb-8be8-fbbd3156e862 https://religiondispatches.org/2020/07/21/covid-19-spreads-nicaraguas-leaders-opt-trumpian-denial-and-misinformation One month ago, as Merry Zeledón was waiting in line at a store in Matiguas, Nicaragua, she was disturbed when a man ahead of her suddenly collapsed and began experiencing convulsions. “I don’t know if it was due to COVID-19… Tue, 21 Jul 2020 02:21:51 EDT Jeannine M. Pitas fd408360-9323-40b5-86de-7900790883b3 https://religiondispatches.org/2020/04/06/how-do-evangelical-missionaries-brazil-justify-risking-indigenous-lives-during-pandemic Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and U.S. President Donald Trump have a lot in common. Neither man has much respect for the rule of law . Bolsonaro enjoys buffoonishly attacking the press as much as Trump . Both have spread misinformation… Mon, 06 Apr 2020 01:18:34 EDT Chrissy Stroop a391a2eb-2035-4a0c-8236-3785818a9e17 https://religiondispatches.org/2019/05/01/resurgence-right-wing-anti-semitic-conspiracism-endangers-all-justice-movements In right-wing circles, theories about cultural Marxism in the era of Trumpism come entangled with other anti-Semitic theories, often arguing that George Soros and a shadowy “globalist” cabal are working to dissolve national borders and sovereignty into a totalitarian-communist “New World Order.” Wed, 01 May 2019 02:26:02 EDT Ben Lorber 11e68b16-4e42-4132-9dc0-457aa4ffd414 https://religiondispatches.org/2019/02/04/american-missionary-could-face-genocide-charges-brazils-indigenous-communities-have While second-generation missionary Steve Campbell faces potential genocide charges, it’s really Brazil’s new right wing president and his evangelical base that may be the target audience for these efforts. Mon, 04 Feb 2019 03:14:23 EST Amy Fallas 000f1dd7-4f79-41f7-9edf-4ec72ea6dbf9 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/01/08/anti-gay-anti-catholic-evangelical-sworn-mayor-rio-more-global-lgbt-recap Durga Sengupta at CatchNews.com reported on progress and backlash on LGBT issues in India and around the world in 2016. The Family Research Council praised the Trump transition team for demanding information from the State Department on programs and staff… Sun, 08 Jan 2017 11:08:20 EST Peter Montgomery 9d33c449-d750-47d6-9510-43dc31ec29a3 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/08/19/lgbt-victories-olympics-struggles-brazil-catholic-bishops-organizing-anti-marriage Rio Olympics: Great games for LGBT athletes, tough times for LGBT Brazilians Outsports.com tracked the success of LGBT athletes at the Olympics in Rio, as well as more than a dozen who narrowly missed making the medal podium. Italian Rachele… Fri, 19 Aug 2016 08:00:19 EDT Peter Montgomery 5d85a973-1f48-4eb4-934e-5381a22ce32a https://religiondispatches.org/2016/07/31/russia-expels-gay-american-pastor-epidemic-anti-lgbt-violence-brazil-and-more-global Alturi profiles human rights activist Neela Ghoshal, senior researcher for the LGBT rights program at Human Rights Watch. Human Rights Watch called on US President Barack Obama to address anti-LGBT discrimination along with laws curtailing free speech and peaceful assembly… Sun, 31 Jul 2016 08:07:36 EDT Peter Montgomery a0ad5ae0-adf4-499f-9559-ccd0b6339824