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  • Profile on the Right: Oath Keepers

    A black flag with the Oath Keepers logo in yellow printed on it.

    Oath Keepers is one of the largest anti-government “patriot” groups in the nation. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) includes the organization in its list of Hate and Extremist Groups and its Patriot Movement Timeline. Oath Keepers differs from…

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  • Meet SHRM

    The HR Association Lobbying & Suing to Roll Back Worker Rights

    Human Resources doesn’t usually conjure up images of adversarial political activism. Yet contrary to its politically neutral image, the innocuously-named Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM, pronounced “sherm”) campaigns for public…

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  • Profiles on the Right: Dennis Peacocke

    Dennis Peacocke, one of the leading modern-day apostles of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), and, interestingly, an alumnus of Berkeley’s Free Speech Movement (FSM) protests.

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  • Campus Profile - Alison Weir: If Americans Knew

    Few political writers today appear in the publications of both the Left and the Far Right. One rare exception is Alison Weir, the founder of If Americans Knew (IAK).

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  • Profiles On The Right: Americans United For Life

    For almost 50 years, Americans United for Life (AUL) has chipped away at women’s reproductive rights—both within the U.S. and abroad. AUL’s president, Charmaine Yoest, has described the organization as the “legal architect of the pro-life movement…

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  • Profiles on the Right: Mike Bickle, Founder of the International House of Prayer

    Mike Bickle is the founder and director of the International House of Prayer (IHOP) and one of the pioneers of the apostolic and prophetic movement (also known as the New Apostolic Reformation or NAR). IHOP, based in Kansas City, Missouri, is a…

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  • Profiles on the Right: Personhood USA

    Founded in 2008, Personhood USA has taken the lead in arguing for legally recognizing “fetal personhood,” which would prohibit abortion at any time by stating that an embryo is a “person” from the moment of conception.

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  • Profiles on the Right: Mark Regnerus

    In 2012, Mark Regnerus, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin, published the “New Family Structures Study” in Social Science Research journal. His report claimed that children of same-sex parents faced substantial…

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  • Profiles on the Right: Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood

    The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) is an evangelical organization established in 1987 to “defend against the accommodation of secular feminism” in the church and promote gender “complementarianism,” which teaches that “distinctions…

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  • Profiles on the Right: Louie Gohmert

    Though there are many politicians on the Right that rely on fear and paranoia to mobilize their base, perhaps none is more consistently provocative than U.S. Congressman Louie Gohmert of Texas.

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  • Profiles on the Right: Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX)

    Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX), headquartered in Fort Belvoir, VA, is a national nonprofit organization ostensibly advocating for the “ex-gay” community.

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  • Profiles on the Right: The Knights of Columbus

    From disaster relief, to helping fund the Special Olympics, the Knights of Columbus are in many cases a charitable force for good. Nevertheless, their massive and continued efforts against the rights of women and LGBTQ individuals far overcasts any…

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  • Profiles on the Right: "No Greater Joy" and the Pearl Family

    Hana’s death was the third confirmed case of an adopted child murdered by parents who followed the teachings of No Greater Joy Ministries (NGJ), founded by Christian fundamentalists Michael and Debi Pearl.

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  • Profiles on the Right: Young America's Foundation / Young Americans for Freedom (YAF)

    Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) is a conservative youth activism organization that offers college students across the United States a variety of outlets for promoting Right-Wing ideology.

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  • Profiles on the Right: John Birch Society

    The Old Right Reemerges
    A sign covered by plants. The sign reads "Get US out! of the United Nations (888) JBS USA1"

    The JBS was a major force in the battle against the Civil Rights Movement, and has recently made a comeback, largely via the Tea Party movement and as part of the Ron Paul Revolution.

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  • Profiles on the Right: Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association

    CSPOA founder former sheriff Richard Mack speaking at the 2014 PrepperFest Expo at WestWorld in Scottsdale, Arizona on October 26, 2014. (Credit: Gage Skidmore/Flickr)

    The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) was founded o organize county sheriffs around a mission similar to Oath Keepers—that is, to refuse to enforce laws that they believe are unconstitutional.

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  • Profiles on the Right: Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)

    The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is an anti-immigrant group founded in 1979 and is currently one of the United States’s leading anti-immigrant organizations. While they work hard to maintain a front of moderation and legitimacy…

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  • Profiles on the Right: National Organization for Marriage (NOM)

    NOM’s mission is to defeat same-sex marriage at the polls, in the legislature, and in the courts, from state to state and across the country. The group functions as an organized infrastructure that coordinates state and federal initiatives into a…

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  • Profiles on the Right: World Congress of Families

    Three men in suits and a woman holding a mic.

    Though based in Illinois, the World Congress of Families (WCF) has a global mission. It seeks to spread anti-choice, anti-LGBTI policies and ideas worldwide, as well as a conservative definition of the family.

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  • Profiles on the Right: Brian Brown

    Brian Brown, perhaps most infamous for his tendency to equate the LGBTQ community to pedophiles, is the current president of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) and a hard-line member of the Christian Right. A Quaker turned Roman Catholic,…

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