On June 15, The New York Times Magazine published “The battle over Gender Therapy,” since its publication, transgender-rights advocates, medical experts, and other journalists have condemned the article.
A coalition of rightwing “constitutional sheriffs,” who claim legal power in their jurisdictions that exceeds U.S. federal and state authorities, has a new calling.
The nation’s Christian right movement prospered with recent high court’s rulings, including the overturning of the 50-year-old Roe v. Wade decision that provided federal protection for women’s access to abortion.
The Family Research Council (FRC) was given tax-exempt church status by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in 2020, according to a July 11 report from ProPublica.
The Family Research Council’s multimillion-dollar headquarters sit on G Street in Washington, D.C., just steps from the U.S. Capitol and the White House, a spot ideally situated for its work as a right-wing policy think tank and political pressure group.
The FRC, a staunch opponent of abortion and LGBTQ rights, joins a growing list of activist groups seeking church status, which allows organizations to shield themselves from financial scrutiny.
In 2020, under President Donald Trump’s Internal Revenue Service, an anti-LGBTQ hate group whose leader had “open door” access to the Oval Office was quietly and quickly allowed to change its tax status to become a church.
I spoke with Frederick Clarkson about his recent profile of Doug Mastriano, the movement that carried the far-right state senator to this moment, and what his election as governor would mean for PA.
Anti-abortion and anti-LGBT groups got their hands on millions of dollars from the Trump administration’s coronavirus relief program, according to a report from The Guardian.
