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The Radical Right is relentlessly pursuing cultural influence and power at every level of government — and we're pushing back, exposing and countering their extreme agenda every step of the way.

Fighting the Right

The Religious Right: Then and Now

The Religious Right's rise in power has included ever-increasing prominence and power within the Republican Party, as this video shows using the 1992 GOP National Convention to illustrate the point. Unfortunately, that power within one of America's major political parties is still enjoyed by the Far Right today, perhaps more than ever. Watch on YouTube

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Right Wing Watch In Focus Archive
Right Wing Watch In Focus is a series of reports from People For the American Way and People For the American Way Foundation exposing the Far Right's motives, strategies, tactics and influence in current issue and policy debates.
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The Numbers Don’t Lie--GOP Obstruction Efforts Unprecedented in Senate
If it has seemed that Republican Senators have been expending tremendous amounts of energy for the sole purpose of slowing down the work of the Senate and the President’s reform agenda, that’s because they have.
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What's the Right Been Up to for the Past 25 Years?
Here's a super-shorthand look at the rise of the Religious Right from political obscurity to the corridors of power.
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Right Wing Watch In Focus

Dec 2Rise of the New McCarthyism: How Right Wing Extremists Try to Paralyze Government Through Ideological Smears and Baseless Attacks
Nov 5Right Plays the Race Card: Right Wing Leaders Foment Racial Resentment and Point Fingers to Avoid Accountability
Sept 30 Far Right Leaders Vow to 'Take Back America' from 'Evil' Obama and Democrats Starting with Congress in 2010
Sept 23Why Are GOP Officials Embracing Extremists at Upcoming 'How to Take Back America' Conference?

Our Work in this Area

Profiles of Right Wing Organizations
Our research team has compiled profiles on some of the most prominent right-wing groups — from Accuracy in Academia to Young America's Foundation
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Blogging the Right
We monitor the Religious Right so you don't have to. Visit our Right Wing Watch blog for the latest news about what the Right's up to.
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