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  • Nativist Bedfellows

    The Christian Right Embraces Anti-Immigrant Politics
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    If the September 2007 Values Voters Summit is anything to go by, the Christian Right is now nearly as worked up about illegal immigration as about abortion and same-sex marriage. At that political gathering—sponsored annually in Washington D.C. by…

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  • One Raid at a Time:

    How Immigrant Crackdowns Build the National Security State

    Most explanations of the relentless pursuit of undocumented immigrants since 9/11 view it as a response to the continuing pressures of angry, mostly white, citizens. The “anti-immigrant climate” created by civic groups like the Minutemen, politicos…

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  • Pushed to the Altar

    The Right-Wing Roots of Marriage Promotion

    After the 2000 presidential campaign, I felt a shock of recognition when I read that the George W. Bush Administration planned to use its “faith-based” funding to support organizations to encourage women, especially welfare recipients, to marry. The…

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  • The North American Union Right-Wing Populist Conspiracism Rebounds

    The same right-wing populist fears of a collectivist one-world government and new world order that fueled Cold War anticommunism, mobilized opposition to the Civil Rights Movement, and spawned the armed citizens militia movement in the 1990s, have…

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  • Judicial Watch Glories in Victories over Undocumented Workers Commentary

    To enter the world of Tom Fitton, President of the conservative, D.C.-based group, Judicial Watch, you’re going to need to forget the stories you’ve heard about hardworking immigrants being torn from their U.S.-born children and deported to their…

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  • The New Secular Fundamentalist Conspiracy!

    One of the most remarkable, and least remarked upon, features of the contemporary discussion of faith in public life is that a defining feature of the religious right worldview has filtered deeply into mainstream and even progressive thought. This…

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  • When Uncle Sam Plays Cupid

    Romance and marriage proposals are in the air on Valentine’s Day. Unfortunately, cupid isn’t the only matchmaker hard at work this season. An increasing number of low-income women find themselves pushed to the altar – not by their relations or…

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  • When "Uncle Sam" Plays Cupid, He Pushes Marriage as Poverty Fighter Over Proven Programs, New Report Shows

    BOSTON – This Valentine’s Day, an increasing number of low-income women find themselves pushed to the altar – not by their relations or suitors, but by the federal government. A new report by the think tank Political Research Associates and the…

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  • New Report Shows Bush Administration Promotes Marriage, Rather than Proven Anti-Poverty Programs, to Raise Low-Income Families Out of Poverty

    BOSTON – A new report by the think tank Political Research Associates and the Women of Color Resource Center charges the George W. Bush Administration with politicizing and weakening federal anti-poverty polices by promoting conservative family…

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  • Premier Foreign Policy Watchdog Finds New Home at Political Research Associates

    Right Web Will Retain its Focus Analyzing Militarist Groups and Individuals.

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  • Rebranding Fascism: National-Anarchists

    On September 8, 2007 in Sydney, Australia, the antiglobalization movement mobilized once again against neoliberal economic policies, this time to oppose the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit. Just as during the protests against the…

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  • Thomas Cincotta to Lead PRA's Domestic Surveillance Investigation

    National Lawyers Guild board member Thomas Cincotta will lead Political Research Associates’ (PRA) eighteen-month nationwide investigation of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTF) collaborations with local, state, national, and private…

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  • Nunley Joins PRA as Communication and Development Director

    The Rev. Jan Nunley, an Episcopal priest, journalist, and author, joined the staff of Political Research Associates on January 5 as director of communication and development.

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  • Right-wing Ballot Initiatives Target Unions, Women, Immigrants, and Gays This Fall

    A White woman in a black coat holding a banner saying "Grab em by the midterms"

    In 2008, ballot initiatives could impact races up and down the ballot, including the Presidential campaign, by elevating an issue and shaping the debate. Dissatisfied voters in particular may see ballot initiatives as a means to fill the leadership…

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  • Marriage as A Cure for Poverty?

    Social Science Through a ‘Family Values’ Lens

    Dr. Jean V. Hardisty, founding director of Political Research Associates, exposes the questionable social science justifying George W. Bush’s campaign to promote marriage as a cure for poverty. Rightist academics and think tank researchers ignore…

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  • Pushed to the Altar

    The Right-Wing Roots of Marriage Promotion

    Pushed to the Altar tells the story of how a right-wing social movement took power in the Bush administration and installed unproven anti-poverty policies to fulfill ideological valorization of the two-parent, heterosexual family. The…

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  • Heritage is Hip to Culture

    Think Tank Turns to Family Values

    The Heritage Foundation’s headquarters sits two blocks from the Capitol in Washington, D.C., a symbolic representation of its intimate access to Congress and public policymakers. Heritage’s rise to prominence has paralleled the rise to power of…

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  • Living in the Gap: The Ideal and the Reality of the Christian Right Family

    “Models of idealized family structure lie metaphorically at the heart of our politics,” writes linguist George Lakoff in his 2002 book Moral Politics. “Our beliefs about the family exert a powerful influence over our beliefs about what kind of…

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  • First Amendment Blues

    Police Tactics Suppress Free Speech

    Three of the cops had jumped out of the white nondescript van and attacked me. They were all wearing ski masks and dressed as anarchist black bloc protesters. I threw up my hands and offered no resistance.

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  • Male Victims of Abortion

    New Theme of Right to Life Committee
    A man wearing sunglasses holding a sign that says "Men Regret Lost Fatherhood"

    They pledged to “Bring life to the heart of America and bring the heart of America to Life.” In 72 workshops, five plenaries, and three worship services, more than 500 members of the National Right to Life Committee gathered in Kansas City, Missouri…

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