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| '''Political Research Associates''' (PRA) is an ] research group which studies the U.S. political ]. It was founded in ] and is located in ]. It has a full-time staff of eight. The founder and first president of PRA is Jean V. Hardisty, Ph.D. The current director is Roberta Salper. Nikhil Aziz is associate director and director of research. ] is senior analyst. Researchers include Palak Shah and Pam Chamberlain. | '''Political Research Associates''' (PRA) is an ] research group which studies the U.S. political ]. It was founded in ] and is located in ]. It has a full-time staff of eight. The founder and first president of PRA is Jean V. Hardisty, Ph.D. The current director is Roberta Salper. Nikhil Aziz is associate director and director of research. ] is senior analyst. Researchers include Palak Shah and Pam Chamberlain. | ||
| There are some critics of PRA who claim the group, especially senior analyst ] has a bias against persons and groups who see conspiracies as driving history and current events. Most progressive and liberal groups and leaders, however, are supportive of PRA, including Anne Braden of the Southern Organizing Committee and Suzanne Pharr of the Highlander Research Center. | |||
| According to its website, PRA: "is an independent, nonprofit research center that exposes and challenges the Right and larger oppressive movements, institutions, and forces. PRA produces accurate applied research and useful analytic tools to inform and support progressive activism that promotes equality and justice." | |||
| "PRA provides those of us working on the front lines of social justice struggles with the facts we need to fight. Their work is invaluable to the progressive movement in this country." | |||
| --Anne Braden | |||
| Southern Organizing Committee, Louisville, KY | |||
| "PRA supplies the information that enables the rest of us to create strategies that defend and promote democracy. We can rely on it as thorough, thoughtful, carefully researched, and presented within a broad context of understanding of the complex relationships and activities of the Right. PRA sets the standard for researchers and political analysts of integrity and commitment to community activism." | |||
| --Suzanne Pharr | |||
| Highlander Research Center, New Market, Tennessee | |||
| ==External link== | ==External link== | ||
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Political Research Associates (PRA) is an American research group which studies the U.S. political right wing. It was founded in 1981 and is located in Somerville, Massachusetts. It has a full-time staff of eight. The founder and first president of PRA is Jean V. Hardisty, Ph.D. The current director is Roberta Salper. Nikhil Aziz is associate director and director of research. Chip Berlet is senior analyst. Researchers include Palak Shah and Pam Chamberlain.
There are some critics of PRA who claim the group, especially senior analyst Chip Berlet has a bias against persons and groups who see conspiracies as driving history and current events. Most progressive and liberal groups and leaders, however, are supportive of PRA, including Anne Braden of the Southern Organizing Committee and Suzanne Pharr of the Highlander Research Center.