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Common Sense Security

Plan for the worst; work and hope for the best. Here are some specific suggestions for protecting yourself and your projects.

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.

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5 Ways PRA Exposed the Corporate Right in 2015

During 2015, we launched the new PRA Economic Justice Research Project. Here are five ways our work exposed the Corporate Right’s shenanigans in 2015.

Franklin Graham: Falwell Prodigy, Putin Lover, and Trump Fan

This week, Franklin Graham—son of famed evangelical Billy Graham and current president of both the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) and Samaritan’s Purse—begins a 50-state tour of the United States. The “Decision America Tour” will…

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Profile on the Right: Three Percenters

The Three Percenters (aka 3%ers, III%ers, or “Threepers”) are a Patriot movement paramilitary group that pledges armed resistance against attempts to restrict private gun ownership. Adherents and supporters have been associated with threats and acts…

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When Exemption Is the Rule

The Religious Freedom Strategy of the Christian Right

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U.S. Hard Right Being Bolstered by the Mainstream

The recent shooters may be different in terms of motivations and targets, but they may also be joined by radicalization via internet as well as a social movement. It could be said that the keyboard is the new gun show.

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The Koch-Like Family You’ve Never Heard Of Influencing State Legislatures

The DeVoses exert influence over state and national policy making.

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Alliance Defending Freedom: the Right-Wing Lawyers Fueling Transphobia in Schools

Mixed with the systemic ingredients of anti-trans violence, which put trans women of color especially at the life-threatening nexus of white supremacy, heterosexism, and misogyny, is a cadre of Christian Right actors who are effectively fueling the…

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'Trumping' Democracy

Right-Wing Populism, Fascism, and the Case for Action

Debate over what we should call Trump’s vicious political movement should not stop us from organizing now to protect the people being demonized and scapegoated as targets of White rage. Our challenge is to expose the ideas and policies of Trump and…

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Those Who Demonize Are Morally Culpable

Increased rhetoric from the Right is linked to increased violence from the hard-Right.

Who was behind Michigan GOP's one-two punch against LGBTQ working families?

As 2015 winds to a close, Michiganders–especially working people and LGBTQ folks–are reeling from right-wing assaults on both their pocketbooks and their civil rights. I am referring to the one-two punch of new laws passed during the summer…

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The Christian Right Does Not Want Us to Celebrate this Day

Religious Freedom Day provides an opportunity for us to think dynamically about the meaning of religious freedom in our time – even as the Christian Right seeks to redefine it beyond recognition.

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What Is ‘Lone Wolf’ Terrorism in the Digital Age?

The concept of autonomous “Lone Wolf” terrorism as a dominant strategy for U.S. political extremists has been widely discussed recently, especially after the horrific mass shooting in Charleston earlier this year, which was allegedly planned and…

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The Art of Activism: Amelia Spinney

Influential figures pour resources into the Church, with representation of tax cuts for the rich and budget cuts for Medicare.

Amelia Spinney, a visual artist and arts educator in the greater Boston area, created the cover image for the Fall 2015 issue of The Public Eye. Spinney describes being politicized as an artist and a person in two particular moments. When they were…

"Faith-Washing" Right-Wing Economics

How the Right is Marketing Medicare's Demise

Koch-funded theologians have developed a scripture-based argument to address populist anger over economic inequality, blending the Christian Right’s traditional Calvinist hierarchies with an economically Darwinist framework that says it is correct…

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Policies That Make People Disappear

Activist Shana Griffin on Post-Katrina New Orleans Housing

Protesters holding a sign that says "Make this neighborhood mixed income"

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.”

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Everything you need to know about the anti-LGBTQ World Congress of Families (WCF)

From its headquarters in Rockford, Illinois, WCF pursues an international anti-choice, anti-LGBTQ agenda, seeking to promote conservative ideologies—and codify these in regressive laws and policies—that dictate who has rights as “family,” and who…

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History Wars Exposed

Right-Wing Influence in APUSH Curriculum Update

On July 30, 2015, the College Board, creators of college-level curricula and testing for high school students, released an update to its Advanced Placement U.S. History (APUSH) course. The revision came after what had already been a two-year battle…

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Not Fascism

Trump is a Right-Wing Nativist Populist

The demonization and scapegoating that accompanies right-wing populism in the United States is breeding a backlash movement that will take creative and bold approaches as we organize to defend democracy and diversity in the public square.

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