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Racism & Anti-Immigrant

Racial inequality remains deeply embedded within U.S. social and economic structures and although the U.S. has long been considered “a nation of immigrants,” the question of who those immigrants are and where they come from, has provided fertile ground for exclusionary and bigoted policies for over 200 years. The projection that the U.S. will no longer be a majority White country sometime in the mid-21st century has reinvigorated White supremacist anxieties present in the U.S. since its founding. A well-funded and organized constellation of organizations with direct ties to racist eugenics and White nationalism are now at the forefront of efforts to slow this demographic trend.

Religion Dispatches
As I write, Russia has invaded Ukraine, thousands of people have reportedly died, and hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled the country. It’s a more comprehensive version of the invasion carried…
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Religion Dispatches
In my younger, snottier days, I would have made short work of this piece by Jack Jenkins for Religion News Service: Q: Could Novavax win over some religious vaccine skeptics? A: No. This has been…
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Political Research Associates
Shane Burley reviews James Ridgeway’s updated and re-released book Blood in the Face: The Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nations, Nazi Skinheads and the Rise of a New White Culture.
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Religion Dispatches
Readers who follow my work will be aware of my conviction that neither the press , nor the American public generally, is taking the serious threat to democracy and human rights posed by the Christian…
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Religion Dispatches
A new report released Wednesday by a trio of groups, both Christian and secular, on the role played by white Christian nationalists in the January 6 storming of the Capitol will open some eyes, and…
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Religion Dispatches
Last week saw another clash about women’s (in)equality play out online between leaders in evangelical Christian culture. In the clamor for the high-ground of evangelical legitimacy, something happened…
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Religion Dispatches
Amnesty International has just released a new, comprehensive report on the situation in Israel/Palestine. Like earlier reports from Human Rights Watch, Yesh Din, and B’Tselem—leading human rights…
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Political Research Associates
From Free Markets to Freedom Square
Charlie Kirk founded his group, Turning Point USA, with a focus on free markets and right-wing economics, but as the group’s membership and donations grew, Kirk has pivoted to include a new position: a Christian nationalist one.
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Religion Dispatches
There’s an important element missing in our national conversation about the flood of legislation attacking critical race theory , banning books, muzzling teachers, and opening public schools to legal…
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Religion Dispatches
In Florida, a state senate committee wants to make it illegal to cause discomfort to white people. This bill, which reads like a scene from 1984 , is a doozy. You can, and should, read the full text…
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