Sheriffs offices are a key recruiting ground for far-right movements. This 101 breaks down the “who” and the “what” of far-right sheriffs with at-a-glance background information.
Eleanor Bader talks with author Edward H. Miller about his book A Conspiratorial Life and the history and influence of Robert Welch and the John Birch Society.
Far-right Christian movements in Washington State reveal the troubling and growing intersections of the New Apostolic Reformation, Dominionism, Abortion Abolitionism, and the Patriot Movement, exemplified by participation in the January 6 Insurrection.
As the U.S. engages in a long overdue national conversation on law enforcement’s role in upholding White supremacy, PRA has mapped the significant influence of far-right and anti-immigrant networks on county sheriffs.
Updated 10.27.21: PRA and Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) have created a map as a resource for activists, journalists and researchers, to place the threat of the far-right showing up at racial justice protests.
Technological tools to increase law enforcement’s surveillance capacity will be showcased at the National Sheriffs’ Association annual conference from June 14-18, heightening concerns regarding law enforcement’s targeting of minority communities.
Sheriffs are elected at the county level, and in most cases operate without any direct oversight. This presents an opportunity for White nationalists and other right-wing movements to build power and influence.
Q&A with the authors of Producers, Parasites, Patriots
A new book by Yale University American studies professor Daniel HoSang and University of Oregon political science professor Joseph Lowndes, Producers, Parasites, Patriots: Race and the New Right-Wing Politics of Precarity, offers a framework for interpret
