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Ron Desantis Demagogues at CPAC

“Jugendverführer and Jugendverderber”: The Republicans borrow another strategy from Nazi Germany.

I suspect you’re as tired as me of hearing how today’s Republican fascism parallels European fascism in the early 20th century. Nevertheless, the recent surge in anti-queer rhetoric from the US Right requires a brief lesson in history. Ideas about defending masculinity and the traditional family, and about protecting youth from indoctrination, were key to Nazi

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Protesters against school integration from the 1950s

The new (old) fight over Critical Race Theory

In the wake of 2021’s very bad Election Day for Democrats, much talk has rightly focused on education as a wedge issue. In Virginia, particularly, schools and education were a cornerstone of Republican Glenn Younkin’s successful campaign against Democrat Terry McAuliffe. Some of the contentiousness around schooling comes from pandemic-related closures, but much of it

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