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‘The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right’s Assault on American Democracy’ Explains How We Got Here — And What Comes Next

By Shane Burley

…share his vantage point with readers. The Pacific Northwest—particularly, Oregon and Washington, where he resides—is central to Neiwert’s account of organized violence on the Far Right. A quick look at the region’s past and present illustrates why this focus is warranted. As a center of the Klan in the 1920s and neonazi skinheads in the 1980s, and where Anti-Racist Action and antifa came into their own, the Pacific Northwest is where activists co…

Lila Rose and the Right Resurrect Malicious Child Predator Myth Putting LGBTQ People in Even Greater Danger

By R.L. Stollar

…as an “affluent LGBTQ-activist couple” who are alleged to have committed a number of crimes connected to the sexual abuse of their adopted children. Overnight, the tragic story of the Zulock children’s alleged abuse became proof to far-right activists that children aren’t safe with queer people. (This outrage is applied selectively, as other stories featuring cisgender, heterosexual predators creating and distributing child sexual abuse images—suc…

Protests Force Torch Detour in San Francisco

By Lygia Navarro

…er deny their religion.” For Tibetan Buddhist Tseten Dorjee, who flew from Oregon to protest, the debate is nuanced. “A lot of [Chinese] have sympathy with what’s happening in Tibet,” she said, even if they are afraid to say so. “They also stand for the Olympics in Beijing, which I understand; they feel very proud. We are only humans—they’re human, and we’re human—and we’ll have a little round-about about what is true.” As the sun began to set, hu…

Tim Pawlenty’s Dilemma: How Far Will His Anti-Choice Extremism Go?

By Sarah Posner

…as enjoined pending a legal challenge. This year’s actions bring to 27 the number of states with state-directed counseling requirements in effect. (emphasis added). The Minnesota bill did require that the woman be informed “whether or not an anesthetic or analgesic would eliminate or alleviate organic pain to the unborn child caused by the particular method of abortion to be employed and the particular medical benefits and risks associated with th…

Fresh From Horrors of Draconian Anti-Abortion Laws, Christian Right Hoosiers Consider Draconian Anti-Abortion Law

By Chrissy Stroop

…I can really say to the Business Leaders for Hoosier Liberty is: hey from Oregon. I miss Indiana sometimes, particularly in the summer. Growing up, I always loved swimming in my grandparents’ pool, going to outdoor concerts at Conner Prairie, getting frozen custard, watching the thunderstorms, and listening to the chorus of cicadas filtering down from the lush broadleaf trees that cover so much of the central Indiana landscape—at least the parts…

As Midterms Approach, White Christian Nationalism is Mainstream for the GOP — And it’s Only Getting Worse

By Annika Brockschmidt

…on of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and parts of Eastern Washington and Eastern Oregon, which Rawles has named “the American Redoubt.” The goal, as Onishi notes, is an insidious one: “For Rawles and Baldwin, the goal is to create a separate society of American Christians who will defend their families and communities when the next civil war dawns.” It would be wrong however, to believe that the American Redoubt movement and their dreams of theocracy ar…

Dr. Kervorkian Dies

By Susan Henking

…d by a substantial and sometimes successful movement for the right to die. Oregon, Washington, and Montana, for example, have laws that resulted from decades-long advocacy for death with dignity. And there are organizations that continue to advocate for rights such as Death with Dignity. Perhaps we are all shaped by his legacy insofar as we have living wills. The nomenclature of all this matters, of course. Suicide. Assisted suicide. Euthanasia. M…

As a “Cult Leader” Disgraced Pastor Mark Driscoll Does Not Rank

By Jesse James DeConto

…Shree Rajneesh gathered thousands of followers to a headquarters in rural Oregon. Conflict with the natives yielded criminal charges against Rajneesh’s henchmen for wiretapping, arson, attempted murder and salmonella bioterrorism resulting in 751 cases of acute gastroenteritis. Paul Erdman went on an acid trip, changed his name to Love Jesus and founded a patriarchal commune in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood, with him on top. Rejected as a pre…

Catholic Church Targets Proponent of Women’s Ordination; Feminist Theologian

By Mary E. Hunt

…bsolutely and without any wiggle room, are theologically acceptable. Their numbers are small. Dr. Johnson will not be silenced or prohibited from teaching. But the graduate students who come after her, and some of her colleagues teaching in Catholic institutions, will think twice about what they write or say for fear of similar repercussions. A shrinking church can apparently do with fewer, more doctrinally conservative theologians. God help it. S…

Santorum from the Religion Angle

By Sarah Posner

…e who are not reproducing at any rate to sustain a population. I think the number I heard is every 32 years the population, the European population of Europe will be reduced by 50%. That’s how bad their birthrates are. This is in many respects a dying continent from the standpoint of European-Europeans. And if we lose faith, and we lose the culture war and become a completely secular, materialistic society, then we will go the way of the Europeans…