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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
Benjamin Franklin’s hope and warning, “A republic, if you can keep it,” resonates with too many of us these days. This has especially been the case watching the president-elect nominate his Cabinet, a…
Article
Religion Dispatches
Welcome to “Phoning It In,” a gameshow I made up because I am tired and busy but also like to learn about new books! (I am, in fact, so busy that we have not played this game in two years . Welcome…
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Political Research Associates
A Series of PRA Briefings on Project 2025
In the lead-up to the 2024 general election, PRA hosted a multi-part political education and strategy series for our movement partners on Project 2025’s impacts on gender/reproductive justice and…
Webinar
Political Research Associates
Inform Your Resistance Season 3: Episode 4
We talk with Ramah Kudaimi about imperialism & state violence. From the global war on terror, to genocide in Palestine, we discuss how imperial power, capitalist interests, and far-right organizing work together to entrench systems of oppression.
Podcast
Religion Dispatches
When a fundamentally punitive position is embraced by both candidates, you can pretty much bank on voters choosing the more cruel of the two. And with both presidential candidates running on asylum…
Article
Religion Dispatches
When the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) annual Antisemitism Audit was released in April, its claim of a 140% rise in antisemitic incidents in 2023 seemed like old news. Following the October 7th Hamas…
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Political Research Associates
The Insurgence: Sheriffs—Season 1, Episode 6
This episode explores how constitutional sheriffs’ actions have escalated voter intimidation and suppression, with plans to deputize armed citizens and form “posses” to disrupt election processes and intimidate officials.
Podcast
Religion Dispatches
Speculations that Italian Americans ’ problematic hero, Christopher Columbus, might have actually been Jewish were all over the news this month, with coverage ranging from NPR to the BBC to The Times…
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Public Eye
For decades, the Republican Party has cultivated a strong White voter base by demonizing people of color. But as the party becomes more open to a multiracial coalition, larger numbers of people of color are being drawn to the U.S. Right.
Article
Political Research Associates
The Insurgence: Sheriffs—Season 1, Episode 5
Sheriffs wield immense power over jails, controlling the lives of a third of the nation’s incarcerated population. What happens when that power goes unchecked, & sheriffs ignore a pandemic’s threat or dozens die from medical neglect?
Podcast