It has been nearly one month since the Boston Marathon bombings, and though suspects have been named, there are still many unknowns about the attacks and what — or who — motivated them. The life span of a criminal investigation … Continued
Glenn Beck
ACT! for America Chapter Meeting to Feature Zuhdi Jasser, Glenn Beck’s “Favorite Muslim”
This month’s meeting of the Space Coast (Florida) chapter of ACT! for America will feature “Glenn Beck’s favorite Muslim.” Zuhdi Jasser, founder and president of American Islamic Forum for Democracy, will appear via Skype as the keynote speaker on April … Continued
Culture
Former FBI Agent Sets Islamophobic Sights on CIA Nominee
By Kalia Abiade A former FBI agent known to propagate his fear that radical Muslims are infiltrating the highest levels of government may have outdone himself when he claimed that John Brennan, President Obama’s pick to head the CIA, is … Continued
Immigration
The Social Contract: Complaining About Nothing New
The Social Contract, a white nationalist quarterly journal, released its Fall issue last month. Entitled “America Transformed,” it marks twenty-five years since the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), popularly derided by anti-immigrant stalwarts as the most egregious law … Continued
Choose your Delusion: Population Hysteria Misdirects Right-Wing Media
Earlier this month, Rush Limbaugh came as close as he ever has to the truth—that is, a half-truth. A week before the Republican debates, Limbaugh cautioned conservatives from media diversions. Summarized by one fervent writer at the anti-immigrant Center for … Continued
Glenn Beck Compares Norway’s Youth Camp to Hitler Youth
On his nationally syndicated radio show Monday, Glenn Beck compared the youth camp on the island Utoeya, the scene of last Friday’s massacre, to Hitler Youth camps in Nazi Germany.
Immigration
The GOP Candidates and the Stoking of Islamophobia
by Jerry Higgins Here are musings of Glenn Beck on his show just last Tuesday: “Would I be more uncomfortable with a Muslim? Yes.” He and his co-host, of course, were discussing the GOP Presidential debate which took place on … Continued
Health
Planned Parenthood: Do we have another choice?
The House-passed funding cuts to Planned Parenthood are bad for American women. But the real tragedy is that, without Planned Parenthood, we have little else. On Friday the Republican led House voted to cut all federal funding for Planned Parenthood. … Continued
Politics
Did hateful rhetoric fuel deadly shooting in Arizona?
In the aftermath of today’s tragic events in Tucson, the motive of the shooter who killed six and injured over a dozen others, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, is still in question. What we do know is that the suspect, Jared … Continued
Politics
Beck-oning God: Piety, Politics, and Power in White
From the time Europeans stepped foot on these shores the culture of “Manifest Destiny”—the notion that God mandated their journey, settlement, and power—has imbued white America. It drove the displacement of native peoples; provided Biblical justification for slavery; nurtured Jim … Continued