Not Only is the Right Unapologetic For Violent Anti-LGBTQ+ Rhetoric — It’s Doubling Down
There was a mass murder. I know, this is America, so I have to be…
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When Violence is Inevitable: Club Q and the Success of the System
Thirty people in a queer club were shot with an AR-15 by a man with…
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Colorado Springs Massacre Captures the Christian Nationalist ‘Monster In The Mirror’
Sometimes, the scholarly life means taking delight in unexpectedly relevant news items: a new adaptation…
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A Tale of Two Fascisms: ‘Douchey’ JD Vance vs. ‘Creepy’ Blake Masters
Peter Thiel’s bid to win two seats in Congress didn’t quite succeed. One of his…
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Three Cheers for Mormon Support of Same-Sex Legislation? Not So Fast
Last week, the LDS Church formally came out in support of the federal Respect for…
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DeSantis is More Polished and Less Bombastic Than Trump — But is He Less of a Threat to Democracy?
The midterms proved an abysmal disappointment for the Republican Party. Instead of the promised red…
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As Tensions Escalate in the Balkans, the West Could Hand Putin a Valuable Weapon
Anyone who had “License Plates Start War” on their 2020s bingo card might be in…
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Christian Nationalist Bestseller Rooted in Volk, Homeland, and Patriarchy is ‘Blood Relation’ of a Certain 20th Century German Manifesto
As a researcher, I’ve tracked the ascendance of White Christian nationalism in the United States…
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From Shofars to Hammers: The Spiritual Warriors of MAGA are ‘ReAwakening’ to Political Violence
For two days in late October, I attended Clay Clarke’s MAGA-driven ReAwaken America Tour near…
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The Chilling Response to the Pelosi Attack isn’t Simply a Matter of Partisanship, it’s a Sign of the Right’s Embrace of Fascism
A couple of weeks before the midterm elections, a man broke into the San Francisco…
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