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Alarming New Report Shows Attacks on Public Education Are Coordinated by Right-Wing Think Tanks

By Hialy Gutierrez

…dle to the late 20th century and into the present, and with my training in international politics and international relations, I also study the political economy of US higher education through how people think about globalization. African anti-colonial theory has always been an amazing source of insight and I’m especially compelled by the immediacy of the understanding that ideas are important because they help you change the world. Their anticolo…

“Freedom” vs. “Liberty”: Why Religious Conservatives Have Begun to Favor One Over the Other

By Stephanie Russell-Kraft

…rty University in 2015. But unlike the Gipper, who spoke only of freedom, Cruz used the word liberty thirteen times. The shift back to liberty has also been championed by the Tea Party and popular libertarians like Ron Paul, who launched his Campaign for Liberty and affiliated student group Young Americans for Liberty during the 2008 presidential campaign. BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith picked up on this shift 2014 when he made the case for a…

LGBT Human Rights in UN Sustainable Development Negotiation; Swiss Bishop Says Speaking of ‘Family Diversity’ is ‘Attack on the Creator’; Canadian Food Bank’s Anti-Gay Dogma; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…d their personal testimonies of injustice and discrimination. Spanning the world–from Uganda to Russia–#WhereLoveIsIllegal not only brings awareness to the violent consequences of anti-LGBTI forces, but encourages viewers to donate to grassroots LGBTI organizations in target countries as well. Through a partnership with the Fund for Global Human Rights, #WhereLoveIsIllegal contributions are disseminated to Hope Alive Initiative, helping LGBTI comm…

Declaring a Theological State of Emergency: Trump’s Ignorance Must Not Be Ours

By Mary E. Hunt

…has the specter of religiously-based oppression taken on such a heightened profile, with the potential for such devastating results. I believe it is a true emergency for which strong and constructive countermeasures are necessary. …

Catholic Church Bans Gay Film: This Week’s Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…propaganda.” At the press conference he said “gay culture leads to the destruction of the world, and therefore we uphold and reflect the views of the overwhelming majority of our compatriots.” Kazakhstan: Alturi Profiles Feminist Activist Alturi profiles feminist activist Jam Gulzada Serzhan, who is “working to protect the rights of lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (LBT) women in a country where activism of any kind can be dangerous.” Jam and a…

Of Love and Lodging: Doctor Who Part VIII

By Gabriel Mckee

…ng, the Doctor stands in for him at his job (with great success). Craig’s frustration at this invasion of the extraordinary is palpable. What right has this intruder to underscore how utterly conventional he is? The contrast between the two is the meat of this episode, and at first the Doctor comes off as… well, as the villain, really. But after seeing how Craig sees the Doctor in the first half of the episode, the second half begins to show us ho…

Indonesia Allows Abusive Sharia Laws to Stand; Kenyan Priest Joins Challenge to Anti-LGBT Laws; Dominican Republic Bishop Slams ‘Gender Ideology’ at OAS; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…hts being stripped from recently passed civil unions legislation. In other news, the Rovereto labor court ruled that a Catholic school in Trento discriminated against a teacher whose contract was not renewed after she refused to discuss her sexual orientation when the mother superior asked about rumors that she was living with another woman. Mexico: Marriage equality reaching another state On Monday, Morelos will become the tenth of Mexico’s 31 st…

Manly Prayers at Penn State

By Sean S. O'Neil

…with the aggressive cadence of a preacher trying to exorcise demons. Every word seemed a defiant strike against the shame, abuse, and evil of this scandal: “May the truth be known, may justice be known, may You protect the victims!” Ron Brown seemed poised for this moment, prepared to lead an evangelical assault against moral turpitude and to champion grace and healing in the process. “There are a lot of little boys watching this game” Brown’s pra…

25 Things You Can Blame Muslims For

By Haroon Moghul

…While we’re at it, so is ‘orange’: Muslims introduced oranges and other citrus fruits to Europe by way of Spain and Sicily.) 3. Pleasant Lightheadedness Absent lemons and limes, what do you think your anti-bacterialized kitchen surfaces would smell like? Really. I’m curious. You know, for independent unpaid research. 4. Tim Hortons, Etc. Sure, Muslims didn’t invent buildings, but we’ve historically put very important things in them, like coffee dr…

“You’re F*cked”: How Pouncing on Mistakes Helps the Right Escape Moral Accountability

By Jonathan Malesic

…e law, or morality—or even the truth. In recent weeks, minor errors by ABC News, CNN, the FBI, and the Washington Post’s David Weigel have all invited disproportionate condemnation from Trump. Weigel should be fired; the FBI’s “reputation is in Tatters”; CNN committed fraud; ABC News should be sued. I’ve argued before that the right wants to muddy up moral distinctions when it’s their actions that are under scrutiny. They say, in effect, “nobody’s…