Religious Right
The deal on the debt ceiling accomplished the opposite of what most Americans want, according to polls. Why is a vocal minority dominating mainstream politics?
August 25, 2011 A new book systematically dismantles the idea that the Tea Party represents a genuine independent political movement.
June 16, 2011 : Emily Brooks and Zach Zill It may be a goldmine for comedians, but Donald Trump's maybe-campaign for president shows the advanced state of decay of the U.S. political system.
May 2, 2011 Some 75 people came together in New York to hold "Progressives Against Hatred: A Response to the Tragedy in Tucson."
January 31, 2011 : Nicole Colson Will politicians confront the hard questions about the connections between the mass shooting in Arizona and the violent rhetoric of the right?
January 10, 2011 : Danny Lucia Expect to hear a lot about the Constitution for a while--though not what's actually in it, but what the Tea Party kooks think is in it.
November 3, 2010 : Elizabeth Schulte Glenn Beck is an idiot, and his rant about socialists, including the publishers of this Web site, proves it. But no one should doubt that he's a dangerous idiot.
October 5, 2010 More and more people are feeling the urgent need to challenge the right wing and its bigotry. But that challenge will have to come from below.
September 22, 2010 Here's what passes for mainstream politics today--the Republicans spout inflammatory lies, and the Democrats retreat and act like they can't do anything about it.
September 1, 2010 After months of getting cover from the media and politicians, the so-called Tea Party Movement has been exposed for the racism at its core.
July 20, 2010 The right-wing Tea Partiers are making their presence felt within the Republican Party, but they don't speak for the majority of people in the U.S.
May 19, 2010 How is it that gun-toting right-wing extremists and the Republican politicians who pander to them can get away with masquerading as "populists?"
April 21, 2010 : Michele Bollinger Virginia's Republican governor grabbed national attention with a proclamation to honor the history of the Confederacy and its war to defend slavery.
April 19, 2010 : Nicole Colson The days before the House vote on health care legislation were filled with tea party protests in Washington--and open displays of racism and bigotry.
March 25, 2010 : Nicole Colson The media portray the tea party movement as grassroots--but the powers behind it are veteran insiders with vast sums of money at their command.
February 25, 2010 About 50 people rallied in Boston to oppose Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill and call out connections to the right-wing organization The Family.
February 16, 2010 Two hundred years after Darwin’s birth, furious Christians still despise his theories and try to prove the Bible is more reliable.
January 14, 2009 Readers will be happy to learn of the principled stand against the bigoted career of Jesse Helms made by a white 51-year-old North Carolina man.
July 18, 2008
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