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The Right Wing Is Waging a Dirty War Against History and Education
In the contemporary U.S., an authoritarian politics of disappearance manifests in new ways every week.
Local Efforts to Resist Right-Wing Attacks on Education Need National Support
Local fights are intensifying as right-wing assaults on education build on the panic created over critical race theory.
Every Domestic Extremist Murder in 2022 Was Committed by Right-Wingers: Report
Since the January 6 attack on the Capitol, a “shedding of shame” has led to increased momentum for far-right violence.
Right-Wing Attacks on Trans Health Care Rely on Ableist Logic
To resist state-level attacks on trans health care, we also need to tackle ableism.
Tax Docs Link Right-Wing “Parents Group” to Leonard Leo’s Dark Money Network
“Parents Defending Education” is overwhelmingly funded by big donors’ dark money rather than by “concerned parents.”
“Thirst” Updates the Vampire Genre for Our Age of Rising Fascism
The novel offers an alternate-reality allegory about the rise of Trump and the right-wing movement that supports him.
Musk Gives Right Wingers Access to Internal Twitter Systems to Spread Propaganda
The “Twitter Files” elevate false narratives and serve to uplift dangerous right-wing figures.
Groups Pushing Right-Wing State Policy Are Raking In $152 Million Each Year
The revenue doesn't include millions more in contributions to advocacy or litigation arms of the State Policy Network.
Liz Truss Is Roiling the British Economy in Her Zeal to Serve the 1 Percent
The U.K. prime minister had said the £45 billion giveaway to the rich was just the start. Then she was forced to U-turn.
Disinvestment Poses as Great a Threat to Libraries as Book Bans
It's time we reversed the decades of structural attacks that render libraries unable to serve communities effectively.