In the U.S. presidential election, religious groups are more divided than we think https://theconversation.com/in-the-u-s-presidential-election-religious-groups-are-more-divided-than-we-think-241425

Climate-Fueled Disasters Threaten ‘Insurers of Last Resort’ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-fueled-disasters-are-raising-insurance-rates/

A New Marine Sanctuary Off California Will Be Co-Managed by Indigenous Peoples https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-new-marine-sanctuary-off-california-will-be-co-managed-by-indigenous-peoples-180985301/

"The maelstrom of conspiracy theories that swirled after Hurricanes Helene and Milton exposed a dangerous rift between delusion and reality." https://atmos.earth/the-hurricane-conspiracies-made-it-clear-were-going-climate-delulu/

Morning Briefing: Republican state legislative candidates in California, Washington, and Maine, have promoted fringe conspiracy theories, including false claims about the government controlling the weather. https://www.radicalreports.org/p/morning-briefing-gop-state-legislative

Every Day is a New Conspiracy’: Behind Trump’s ironclad grip on rightwing media https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/07/trump-rightwing-media-tv-podcasts-sites

The Small Bulgarian Streetwear Shop Designing Clothes for the Far-Right ‘Active Club’ Movement https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/10/09/active-club-far-right-fashion-w2r-bulgaria/

Extremists Links: Donald Trump's rhetoric has given far right extremists the 'green light,' and lead to a 'swell of far-right extremism in Springfield – and beyond.' https://www.radicalreports.org/p/extremists-links-trumps-rhetoric-green-light

“We heard from a lot of other voices of people who had experienced feeling uncomfortable in Baraboo and realized this wasn’t just a one-time incident.” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/us/elections/election-race-issues-baraboo-wisconsin.html

'I'm advocating Christian nationalism': Josh Hawley's ties to Project 2025 exposed https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/hawley-2025/

Right-Wing Activists Pushed False Claims About Election Fraud. Now They’re Recruiting Poll Workers in Swing States. https://www.propublica.org/article/poll-worker-recruitment-swing-states-true-the-vote-lion-of-judah

Morning Briefing: Threats Against Government Aid Workers Fueled by Far Right Misinformation and Propaganda https://www.radicalreports.org/p/morning-briefing-threats-fueled-misinformation

The California community caught between a powerful megachurch and far-right extremists https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/14/election-shasta-california-extremism

“2024’s federal election cycle is on track to be the costliest ever, with a total cost of at least $15.9 billion in spending. This will surpass the 2020 cycle’s record-smashing total of $15.1 billion.” https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2024/10/total-2024-election-spending-projected-to-exceed-previous-record

The Paradoxes Facing the Christian Right in Election 2024 https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/pray-vote-stand-abortion-trump-tony-perkins/

“The extremism of the current Arizona G.O.P. is hard to overstate… Turning Point, which moved its headquarters to Phoenix in 2018, is fully committed to the notion that Biden’s victory was illegitimate, and it’s been effective in enforcing ideological discipline in Arizona.” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/opinion/trump-arizona-republican-party.html

A ‘Locally Hated/Dyslexic Hairstylist’ battles the Christian right in a Texas town https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-10-13/shes-a-locally-hated-dyslexic-hairstylist-using-her-relentless-voice-against-the-christian-right

"The need for civic education in our constitutional democracy is urgent, especially in the face of rising polarization and declining trust in democratic institutions." https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/74/educating-for-democracy-the-case-for-a-new-civics/

Christian Nationalists Dream of Taking Over America. This Movement Is Actually Doing It. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/new-apostolic-reformation-christian-nationalism/

“The ugliest thing about the specter of eugenics is why Trump and his fellow immigrant-hating partisans keep spouting its dead, discredited nonsense: because it is popular.” https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trumps-racist-rants-against-immigrants-hide-under-the-language-of-eugenics/