Hamburg Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals the Complexity of the Influence of Far-Right Ideologies
When a mass shooting happens, and the perpetrator has left a manifesto or text that…
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The Intellectual Source Code For National Conservatism Can Be Found at This Niche Catholic Publication
First Things describes itself as “America’s most influential journal of religion and public life.” You might…
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Clues in the Data Suggest That Increase in LGBTQ Acceptance May Be Skewed By Conservative Desire For ‘Respectability’
It’s well established that people lie to pollsters, or at the very least put their…
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Did You Read About Conservative Judaism’s Anti-Black Antisemitic Smearing of Hebrew Israelites? Neither Did I
Did you catch the press release from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) denouncing the slander against…
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2023 CPAC Lived Down to Expectations, But Don’t Buy the Narrative: The GOP is Not as Divided as You Might Think
Considering that CPAC is the largest conservative conference in the US, the line-up of their…
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‘He Gets Us’ and Sleazy ‘Swift Boat’ Ads Share a Central Figure — Further Evidence of a Right-Wing Bait-and-Switch
One of the funnier developments in the ongoing drama around the “He Gets Us” campaign…
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Christian Nationalism is Authentically Christian — And According to a New Poll Most White Evangelicals are Supporters
When I attended K-12 evangelical Christian schools in the 1980s and 1990s, we didn’t call…
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In Hamline Case, the ‘Free Expression vs. Religious Sensibilities’ Frame Obscures a Stark Reality About Higher Education
Recently, Hamline University faculty called for the resignation of President Fayneese Miller following the firing…
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But What About the Parents? New York Times Falls Into the Anti-Trans ‘Parents’ Rights’ Trap
What do you call parents who side with the ADF, a right-wing legal advocacy group,…
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GOP Candidate Allegedly Orchestrating Shooting of Democrats’ Homes is no Accident
On December 4th 2022, eight bullets struck the home of Bernalillo County Commissioner Adriann Barboa….
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