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The Public Eye, Spring 2012

In the Spring 2012 issue, P. Adem Carroll describes how Muslim communities are organizing against Islamophobia, Pam Chamberlain studies the Tea Party's anti-LGBT rights agenda, and Eartha Melzer reports on the consequences of the Department of Homeland Security's intelligence gathering in Detroit.

In this issue

Muslim Community Resistance

Organizing & Advocacy in a Time of Struggle
A woman in a hijab smiling, holding a poster that says No Muslim Ban

Since 9/11, the New York Police Department’s Pre-Ramadan Conference and Breakfast has become one of the largest gatherings of Muslim leadership in New York City. Last July, I sat among a sea of suits and uniforms, colorful headscarves, turbans, and…

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It's Their Party

How the Tea Party Sustains the Anti-LGBT Right
Two transmasculine people embracing while sitting on stairs.

2011 was a frustrating year for the anti-LGBT Right. Despite millions of voters and many millions of dollars generated by a loose coalition of conservative forces to oppose LGBT rights, the LGBT rights movement has made tremendous progress. While…

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When Secure Communities Meet Border Security

Looking at Michigan’s Fusion Centers
People standing on a platform with a table in front of them with a banner hanging off the table that says "A voice for Working America."

In the Winter 2009/Spring 2010 edition of The Public Eye, we reported on the rise of Intelligence Fusion Centers, created to coordinate the national security intelligence efforts of the Department of Homeland Security, US Department of Justice, CIA…

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