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Laura Gibbons

Laura Gibbons is an IREHR research associate.

IREHR in CT Insider: “Report Finds 16 Connecticut legislators have joined ‘far-right’ Facebook groups” – May 23, 2022 IREHR Clips
May 23, 2022

IREHR in CT Insider: “Report Finds 16 Connecticut legislators have joined ‘far-right’ Facebook groups” – May 23, 2022

IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in CT Insider; Reporter Ken Dixon writes, “The report by the progressive Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) found that nearly 900 state legislators in all 50 states have joined at least one of 789 far-right Facebook groups, particularly in western and…
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IREHR in Arkansas Times: “Arkansas is #2 (and second in extremism among legislators)” – May 23, 2022 IREHR Clips
May 23, 2022

IREHR in Arkansas Times: “Arkansas is #2 (and second in extremism among legislators)” – May 23, 2022

IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in Arkansas Times; Author Austin Bailey writes, “The study identified nearly 12% of all state lawmakers in 2021 and 2022 have joined at least on far-right (translation: regressive) Facebook group” Bailey continues, “The study found that Arkansas really blows it out of the…
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IREHR in Patch: “A dozen Arizona GOP lawmakers follow at least 1 far-right Facebook group” – May 22, 2022 IREHR Clips
May 22, 2022

IREHR in Patch: “A dozen Arizona GOP lawmakers follow at least 1 far-right Facebook group” – May 22, 2022

IREHR’s newest report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited by Patch. Kira Lerner, democracy reporter, writes “The institute’s report, titled Breaching the Mainstream, lists all of the legislators identified as being part of far-right Facebook groups and detailed their legislative impact.” Lerner cites Kelly Townsend’s profile from Breaching the Mainstream, writing “One…
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IREHR in the Iowa Capital Dispatch: “Report says hundreds of state legislators have joined far-right Facebook groups” – May 22, 2022 IREHR Clips
May 22, 2022

IREHR in the Iowa Capital Dispatch: “Report says hundreds of state legislators have joined far-right Facebook groups” – May 22, 2022

IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in the Iowa Capital Dispatch Democracy reporter, Kira Lerner, writes, “More than 1 in 5 Republican state lawmakers across the country and 15 legislators in Iowa have joined at least one “far-right” Facebook group, according to a new report.” Lerner continues, “The Institute…
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IREHR in Flux: “Study finds nearly 22 percent of Republican state legislators joined extremist Facebook groups” – May 22, 2022 IREHR Clips
May 22, 2022

IREHR in Flux: “Study finds nearly 22 percent of Republican state legislators joined extremist Facebook groups” – May 22, 2022

IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in Flux; David Neiwert, an investigative journalist, writes, “Using social media as a kind of proxy for their real-world outreach—a reasonable approach, since there are few politicians now who don’t use social media—the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights decided to get a…
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IREHR in Philly Voice: “Pa. lawmakers are among the hundreds of legislators in U.S. who have joined far-right Facebook groups” – May 21, 2022 IREHR Clips
May 21, 2022

IREHR in Philly Voice: “Pa. lawmakers are among the hundreds of legislators in U.S. who have joined far-right Facebook groups” – May 21, 2022

IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, in the PhillyVoice; Kira Lerner, democracy reporter, writes, “More than 1 in 5 Republican state lawmakers in the United State have joined at least one far-right Facebook group, according to a new report.” Lerner continues, “The report identifies 40 Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers who joined such groups,…
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IREHR in Prism: “Overtly white supremacist ideology is being sanitized and mainstreamed” – May 20, 2022 IREHR Clips
May 20, 2022

IREHR in Prism: “Overtly white supremacist ideology is being sanitized and mainstreamed” – May 20, 2022

IREHR’s President, Devin Burghart, was cited and quoted in Prism; Journalist Natasha Ishak writes, “A common misconception about white nationalists is that their hate-fueled actions are inflamed by economic insecurity, a myth that has been debunked by existing research, according to Devin Burghart, who has studied white hate groups for…
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IREHR in Progress Now New Mexico: “NM GOP Legislators members of Far-Right Facebook groups Part 1” – May 20, 2022 IREHR Clips
May 20, 2022

IREHR in Progress Now New Mexico: “NM GOP Legislators members of Far-Right Facebook groups Part 1” – May 20, 2022

IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in Progress Now New Mexico; The authors at Progress Now New Mexico write, “Earlier this week, the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) released a report detailing some pretty scary and damning research documenting the terrifying amount of  state-level Republican lawmakers who were…
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IREHR in Nevada Current: “7 Republican lawmakers in Nevada have joined far-right Facebook groups, says report” – May 20, 2022 IREHR Clips
May 20, 2022

IREHR in Nevada Current: “7 Republican lawmakers in Nevada have joined far-right Facebook groups, says report” – May 20, 2022

IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in the Nevada Current; April Corbin and Kira Lerner writes, “The institute’s report, titled Breaching the Mainstream, lists all of the legislators identified as being part of far-right Facebook groups and detailed their legislative impact.” Corbin and Lerner continue, “The seven Nevada lawmakers captured…
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