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The Public Eye, Winter 2017

In "Birth of the Alt Right," David Neiwert traces the origins and ideology of this White nationalist movement. The conversation continues with Alex DiBranco's "Mobilizing Misogyny." For our commentary this issue, PRA Senior Research Fellow, Frederick Clarkson reminds us that "Religious Freedom is a Progressive Value." In our Q&A, Rachel Tabachnick interviews Jason Stahl, author of Right Moves.

In this issue

Mobilizing Misogyny

A black sign with the words "imagine the end of male supremacy"

Effectively fighting mobilizations like those emboldened by Trump’s election requires accurately understanding their composition—one in which misogyny thrives alongside, and intertwined with, racism.

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Religious Freedom is a Progressive Value

To read press coverage about it, one might think that religious freedom is a concern only for religious and political conservatives, and not one of the most liberatory ideas in history. One would also think religious freedom and civil rights are at…

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Birth of the Alt Right

The most influential aspect of the rise of the Internet in the 1990s was the liberation of information from the constraints of the mainstream media—something expected to further democratize the globalized economy. After all, the more information…

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Right Moves: Historian Jason Stahl Opens a New Era of Scholarship on Conservative Think Tanks

The role of conservative think tanks in the modern resurgence of the Political Right has been a topic of interest to progressive activists for decades. However, academia had failed to produce a full-length historical study of conservative think…

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The Art of Activism: Nansi Guevara

A protester holds their heart in power.

Nansi Guevara, a visual artist and activist based in South Texas, has been creating art for as long as she can remember. “The circumstances in my household, a crafty and costurera mother and a father that left construction materials all over the…

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