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Hannah Gais
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Senior Researcher and Journalist, Southern Poverty Law Center
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Biography
Hannah Gais is the assistant editor and social media editor at the Foreign Policy Association in New York, and the managing editor of ForeignPolicyBlogs.com. Gais is a graduate of Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass., where she focused on Eastern Christianity and European Studies.
Security, Extremism, U.S. Foreign Policy, Eastern Christianity, Religion
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By Hannah Gais Verified| ghost.io@ I've been recovering from a flu I picked up in Florida for the past several days, and thus failed to subject you all to the usual self-promotional rounds. But I have a new piece out in The Baffler on a real diehard in the MAGA world, Jack Posobiec. I read his book Unhumans, which, despite being co-bylined with a professional ghost writer, had the writing chops of a pile of trash bags baking in the New York City heat in July. I tried to do a really deep dive into its intellectual arguments.
By Hannah Gais Verified| The Baffler Verified On an unusually frigid day last month, masses of Donald Trump supporters stood in line outside of Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., watching the inauguration on their phones. From a podium in the Capitol Rotunda, besieged by his followers just over four years ago, Trump promised to upend the status quo. “The scales of justice will be rebalanced,” he said.
By Hannah Gais Verified| ghost.io@ It's inauguration weekend in Washington, D.C., and there's a line of black SUVs loitering along 16th Street several blocks away from the White House. I spotted a few stray MAGA-hat-wearing tourists wandering around the mall on Friday as workers set up barricades and bleachers that would soon be pointless decorations. Hours later, Donald Trump announced that he would be moving his swearing in ceremony indoors. Compared to Barack Obama's first inauguration, it's not set to be that cold.
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Southern Poverty Law Center
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is a nonprofit civil rights organization based in Montgomery, Alabama. Founded in 1971 by attorneys Morris Dees and Joe Levin, with civil rights leader Julian Bond as its first president, the SPLC is dedicated to combating racial injustice and advocating for marginalized communities. Its mission includes dismantling white supremacy and addressing systemic discrimination through litigation, education, and public policy initiatives. The SPLC engages in high-impact litigation to challenge discriminatory practices and has achieved significant legal victories against hate groups. It also monitors hate groups through its Intelligence Project, providing valuable resources to law enforcement. The organization advocates for reforms in voting rights, criminal justice, and economic equity, and collaborates with grassroots organizations to tackle systemic racism and poverty. Additionally, the SPLC produces educational materials and offers legal training to support civil rights efforts. Its work has had a lasting impact on U.S. civil rights law and continues to promote community-driven solutions to inequality.
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Founded: 1971