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Political Research Associates
A PRA Webinar Roundtable
From a deeply-rooted historical analysis through to the sharp decline into precarity under neoliberalism to pandemic-induced unemployment, we traced the ways in which the capitalist class keep Americans poised on the precipice of ruin and isolation.
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Public Eye
COVID-19 Opportunism and Betsy DeVos’s Education Agenda
Exemplifying why she was nominated to the position, Betsy DeVos has capitalized on COVID-19 emergency measures to expedite her long-standing goal of dismantling public education.
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Political Research Associates
Be Aware of Outreach by Evangelical Homeschooling Organizations
In response to COVID-related school closures across the country, homeschool organizations like the conservative evangelical-affiliated Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) are responding by recruiting parents trapped by fear and circumstance.
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Public Eye
Alumni and students of Christian university campuses are vocally pressing for LGBTQ inclusion, but resistance to that change has been built not only in ideology, but in economic circumstances as well.
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Political Research Associates
The Privatization Strategy of Pioneer Institute and Betsy Devos
Pioneer Institute bills itself as an “independent,” “non-partisan” think tank, but a closer look tells a different story.
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Public Eye
Alt Right Attacks on University Professors
In an effort to silence academics, right-wing activists, including many from the Alt Right, have doxed, threatened, and smeared professors across the country, without regard for academic hierarchy, type of institution, or discipline.
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Political Research Associates
Claiming to have a presence on over 1,000 college campuses and high schools, TPUSA targets left-wing students and academics.
Profile on the Right
Religion Dispatches
For LGBT legal nerds like me, June 26 is an important day. Every major pro-equality decision handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court in the past 15 years has been issued on June 26. From the decimation…
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Religion Dispatches
In a tense exchange with Massachusetts Rep. Katherine Clark on Wednesday, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos refused to identify a single example of discriminatory policies that would make a private…
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Political Research Associates
Public Education
From “school choice” schemes and the neoliberal privatization movement to the influence of the Christian Right on curriculum and school policy, public education is a key battleground.
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