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A special issue on the contemporary right--and our columnists
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Franklin Barrett’s Liberty Bond Fish, 1917. Courtesy of Public Domain Review.
July 1, 2021
Special Issue: The Contemporary Right
Chelsea Ebin, “Magical Thinking, Machiavellian Politics and the Future of the Christian Right: A visit to the Creation Museum in Kentucky shows how deeply rooted distrust in science is now embedded in the culture of white evangelicals.” (June 30, 2021)
Russ Castronovo, “The Furor over Critical Race Theory is 200 Years Too Late: Where were conservatives when theories justifying white racial supremacy propped up slavery, imperialism and genocide?” (June 30, 2021)
Hannah Leffingwell, “Why a Far-Right Activist Slapped President Macron: France’s culture wars are being fanned by a racism that cannot be discussed in public—but that followers of Marine Le Pen understand all the same.” (June 30, 2021)
Sidney Tarrow, “A Tale of Two Democracies: How a movement that claimed to be democratic undermined the rule of law.” (June 28, 2021)
Our columnists
Pat Garafolo, “Big Tech’s Affordable Housing Hustle: Take what you can, give a little bit back.” (June 23, 2021)
Claire Potter, “Remembering Gay Activist Vito Russo: Long before LGBT Pride was all rainbows, sunshine, and corporate dollars, this film critic and journalist typified what it meant to be a radical queer intellectual.” (June 30, 2021)
Heather Cox Richardson, “‘There Was Nothing There’: Barr calls BS as the ground gives way under the Big Lie.” (June 28, 2021)
John Stoehr, “Does Being a Billionaire Mean Being a Liar? ProPublica has tax returns suggesting an answer.” (June 30, 2021)
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