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    • White Smoke, Black Pope? Pope Leo XIV, first US pontiff, has African roots
      White Smoke, Black Pope? Pope Leo XIV, first US pontiff, has African roots
    • HABEMUS PAPAM: New Pope Selection Signals Church’s Concerns about Spread of US, Global Authoritarianism
      HABEMUS PAPAM: New Pope Selection Signals Church’s Concerns about Spread of US, Global Authoritarianism
    • EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
      EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
  • Sex/Gender/Justice
    • HABEMUS PAPAM: New Pope Selection Signals Church’s Concerns about Spread of US, Global Authoritarianism
      HABEMUS PAPAM: New Pope Selection Signals Church’s Concerns about Spread of US, Global Authoritarianism
    • EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
      EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
    • What The Roman Catholic Church needs is a wholesale reset, not a new Pope
      What The Roman Catholic Church needs is a wholesale reset, not a new Pope
  • Christian Nationalism
    • Catholic Right Support isn’t the Only Reason Trump Believes He Can Get Away with Mockery of Catholicism
      Catholic Right Support isn’t the Only Reason Trump Believes He Can Get Away with Mockery of Catholicism
    • EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
      EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
    • My Book on The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity Was One of Hundreds Just Banned by the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
      My Book on The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity Was One of Hundreds Just Banned by the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
  • Politics
    • Catholic Right Support isn’t the Only Reason Trump Believes He Can Get Away with Mockery of Catholicism
      Catholic Right Support isn’t the Only Reason Trump Believes He Can Get Away with Mockery of Catholicism
    • EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
      EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
    • Once Again the ADL Antisemitism Audit Overreaches — Including an Embarrassing Failure to Recognize a Jewish Ritual
      Once Again the ADL Antisemitism Audit Overreaches — Including an Embarrassing Failure to Recognize a Jewish Ritual
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Ben Lorber

Ben Lorber works as a Senior Research Analyst at PRA, focusing on white nationalism and antisemitism. Lorber has worked as a journalist, organizer and movement-builder for over a decade. Lorber has published on right-wing social movements, Israel/Palestine, Jewish culture and other topics at The Nation, Salon, Jewish Currents and more. He is the co-author of Safety through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism (2024). He tweets at @BenLorber8.

Israel-Palestine, Media Analysis, OMFG, Politics/Law, Racial JusticeApril 23, 2025

Once Again the ADL Antisemitism Audit Overreaches — Including an Embarrassing Failure to Recognize a Jewish Ritual

By Ben Lorber

This week, the ADL released its annual audit of antisemitic incidents. Predictably, the organization repeated…

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Anti-Zionist Jewish Protestor holds sign "you are not antiracist unless you are anti-zionist"
Activism and the Academy, Archive, Authoritarianism, Politics/Law, Racial JusticeApril 10, 2025

We Called For Better Responses to Campus Antisemitism—and the ADL Threatened to Withdraw Sponsorship

By Ben Lorber

On March 23, I delivered a talk at the 4th annual Law and Antisemitism conference…

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Archive, Israel-Palestine, Media Analysis, OMFGMarch 12, 2025

Why Did Trump Just Tell Reporters that Chuck Schumer ‘Is Not Jewish Anymore,’ That He ‘Has Become a Palestinian’?

By Ben Lorber

At a press conference today responding to a question about the possibility of Democratic support…

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Election 2024, Immigration, Israel-Palestine, Politics/LawFebruary 6, 2025

Trump’s EO to ‘Combat Antisemitism’ Wields Jewish Safety as a Weapon to Crush Palestine Solidarity

By Ben Lorber

Last week, Trump released an executive order pledging to combat antisemitism by ordering a draconian…

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Archive, Christian Nationalism, Election 2024, Israel-Palestine, OMFG, Politics/LawNovember 14, 2024

Trump’s Fervent Christian Zionists Poised to Lead the Military — And US-Israel Relations

By Ben Lorber

With Trump’s second presidency, Christian Zionism may be returning to the White House stronger than…

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Election 2024, Politics/Law, Special Coverage: Election 2024November 5, 2024

The Right is Attempting to Get Men to the Polls

By Ben Lorber

On election day, the Right is focused on turning out men in particular to vote,…

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Election 2024, Politics/Law, Special Coverage: Election 2024November 4, 2024

Breaking: Georgia Supreme Court Ruling Could Disenfranchise Thousands of Georgia Voters in the Atlanta Area

By Ben Lorber

On Monday afternoon, the Georgia Supreme Court issued a ruling that’s likely to disenfranchise thousands…

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Archive, Christian Nationalism, Election 2024, OMFG, Politics/LawOctober 22, 2024

Heritage Foundation’s Christian Nationalist ‘Project Esther’ Won’t Combat Antisemitism — But it Will Weaponize Jews

By Ben Lorber

On the anniversary of October 7, the Heritage Foundation released Project Esther: A National Strategy…

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Archive, Christian Nationalism, Israel-Palestine, Media Analysis, Racial Justice, Sex/Gender/JusticeFebruary 12, 2024

Meet the ‘Bronze Age Zionists’ — Far-Right Jews Embracing Fascism in the Wake of October 7

By Ben Lorber

The US online hard-right isn’t exactly known as the friendliest place for Jews. It’s the…

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Archive, Christian Nationalism, Israel-Palestine, OMFG, Politics/LawOctober 19, 2023

The Right is Deeply Divided Over Support for Israel — Though It’s Not About Justice for Palestinians

By Ben Lorber

On October 7, the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, which…

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