About Political Research Associates
Political Research Associates (PRA) is an independent, nonprofit research center that unmasks the US political right. PRA collects and analyzes information on anti-democratic, authoritarian, and racist right-wing movements and publishes educational resources that explain their ideologies, tactics, agendas, financing and links to each other. PRA serves – more... as a one-stop information resource for activists, organizers, educators, and others seeking to understand and counter right-wing campaigns, and for journalists needing accurate, up-to-date information and analysis on the right. Resources include: the PRA Library, containing one of the most comprehensive collections of right-wing materials in the country; a quarterly newsletter, The Public Eye; information packets; topical reports; monographs; books; and speakers. PRA also makes available a no-fee Bulletin Board System and a World Wide Web page with searchable databases on hundreds of right-wing groups as well as groups promoting democracy and diversity.
Begun in 1981 in Chicago as Midwest Research, PRA relocated to the Boston area under its current name in 1987. PRA has accumulated an outstanding depth of knowledge and understanding of the right over the last 15 years. This has made it a key national resource for anyone needing accurate information and analysis about right-wing movements in this country.
While PRA actively collaborates with many other organizations that oppose the right, PRA is unique in two important ways. First, PRA monitors the full spectrum of the right, from the right wing of the Republican party to paramilitary organizations such as the armed citizens' militias. Second, PRA is nationally known for its analysis of the history and composition of the right in the US and the significance of unfolding events as they occur.
PRA's director, Jean V. Hardisty, is a political scientist, with a Ph.D. from Northwestern University and five years' teaching experience. A founder of Midwest Research (which became PRA), she has been involved in political activism, as well as research, for 25 years. Ms. Hardisty is a well- known public speaker and author. She presently serves on the boards of the Center for Women Policy Studies, Grassroots International, and the Women's Community Cancer Project. She was retained as an expert witness for the law firm litigating to block Colorado's homophobic Amendment Two, and testified during the initial hearing. – less – More from ZoomInfo »
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