Taking notice of the trend, progressive watchdog group Political Research Associates even pointed to “a wave of Patriot-affiliated candidates in Oregon”. Read here.
Frederick Clarkson, a senior fellow at Political Research Associates, has long researched the connection between religion and conservatism. He points out that “almost all American politicians are…
For decades, the watchdog group Political Research Associates has followed the far right. Its researchers warned about the growth of militia groups and the threat of white supremacist terrorism before…
PRA senior fellow Frederick Clarkson explains to The Guardian how groups like the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) have issued handbooks that instruct organizations such as churches, schools…
Salon praises the new report from PRA senior fellow Frederick Clarkson, When Exemption is the Rule: The Religious Freedom Strategy of the Christian Right, saying the report “highlights a key aspect of…
Religion Dispatches covers the new report from PRA senior fellow Frederick Clarkson, When Exemption is the Rule: The Religious Freedom Strategy of the Christian Right, and the “rapidly strengthening…
PRA communications director Rose Ethington explains Al Jazeera English why the militiamen and paramilitary organizations involved at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge should not be dismissed as mere “nuts…
PRA executive director Tarso Luís Ramos speaks with NY Times reporter Alan Feuer about the developing armed standoff in rural Oregon, and its roots in the 1980s and 1990s’ Wise Use Movement, founded…
PRA associate fellow Spencer Sunshine publishes an op-ed in The Progressive, taking down the myth that the armed paramilitary organizations in Oregon are local farmers and ranchers. “Instead,”…
After PRA brought to light the anti-LGBTQ and anti-reproductive efforts of the U.S.-based World Congress of Families abroad, senior researcher Rev. Dr. Kapya Kaoma explains to the New York Times how U…
