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Religion Dispatches
Black helicopters roll over the tarmac. From off screen we hear a voice with a generic Southern accent casually intone: “Here’s a Bible verse I think about sometimes, many times. It goes…” The images…
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Public Eye
What’s Behind the U.S. Antidemocratic Reaction?
Katherine Stewart traces the rise of the antidemocratic movement fueling Trumpism and the authoritarian Right in this adapted excerpt from her book Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy.
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Public Eye
Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative reveals a new neoreactionary bloc is growing in strength and influence within the Trump administration, although competing interests may reveal fault lines in this coalition of tech capitalists.
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Public Eye
Authoritarian Gains and Consolidation
In this wide-ranging piece covering the first 100 days of the second Trump administration, PRA researchers recap the state’s authoritarian gains and sweeping repressive policies, from LGBTQ rights to immigration and Christian Zionism.
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Religion Dispatches
It’s the uncoupling of the decade—bigger than Brangelina and messier than Kanye breaking up with everyone. Yes, you got that right, dear citizens of the disunited states: Elon Musk, the sentient vape…
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Religion Dispatches
Last week, the BfV, a German intelligence agency tasked with investigating threats to the “liberal democratic basic order,” made headlines by officially classifying the far-right Alternative für…
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Religion Dispatches
Last week, just days after Pope Francis was laid to rest in Rome, Trump was asked by reporters if he had anyone in mind for the next pope. His answer : “I’d like to be pope. That would be my No. 1…
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Religion Dispatches
An expanded version of article was originally published in German at “ Volksverpetzer ”, an independent, crowd-funded online magazine covering the far-right in Germany and abroad. While too many…
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Political Research Associates
An excerpt from Coming Out Republican
In this excerpt from Coming Out Republican, author Neil J. Young explores far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos’ role in the launching of Donald Trump’s political career.
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Religion Dispatches
Just when you thought you’d talked enough about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ’s tattoos for one lifetime, this week Hegseth revealed a new one : a tattoo on his left bicep of the Arabic word…
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