Bridge Initiative Team, Author at Bridge Initiative

16 Jul 2020 | Individuals

Factsheet: Louie Gohmert

IMPACT: Louie Gohmert is a Republican representative from Texas with a long history of anti-Muslim rhetoric, including claims that “terror babies” were being raised to destroy the American “way of life.” Gohmert has connections with... read the complete article

Article

08 Jul 2020 | Terms/Tropes

COVID-19 Racial Disparities Are One of Many Outcomes of Structural Racism

Nearly two months after the first known death from the novel coronavirus was logged in the U.S., protests spread around the country in support of ending stay-at-home orders. Ohio, Minnesota, Virginia, Florida, Texas, and several... read the complete article

Factsheet

25 Jun 2020 | Individuals

Factsheet: Mark Kevin Lloyd

IMPACT: Mark Kevin Lloyd is a longtime Tea Party activist in Virginia who has a long track record of posting anti-Muslim and misogynist statements on social media. In May 2020 Lloyd was appointed the religious... read the complete article

Infographic

23 Jun 2020 | Politics

The Muslim and African Bans: by the numbers

Interactive infographic showing how the Muslim and African Bans impacted immigrant and non-immigrant visa issuances, refugee admissions, F1 student visas, and visa waivers. read the complete article

Factsheet

05 Jun 2020 | Law Enforcement

Factsheet: NYPD STOP AND FRISK POLICY

IMPACT: Stop and frisk is a policing tactic of temporarily detaining, questioning, and frisking individuals in search of weapons or contraband. The New York Police Department’s (NYPD) use of the tactic under Mayor Rudy Giuliani... read the complete article

Factsheet

05 Jun 2020 | Organizations

Factsheet: FREEDOM PARTY OF AUSTRIA (FREIHEITLICHE PARTEI ÖSTERREICHS, FPÖ)

IMPACT: The Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) was founded in 1956 as a party of former Nazis. While the party remained a marginal opposition party during its first three decades, by the mid-1980s it became one... read the complete article

Factsheet

02 Jun 2020 | Individuals

Factsheet: Peter King

IMPACT: Republican Representative Peter King of New York led the 2011 congressional hearings on the “radicalization” of American Muslims. The hearings added further stigmatization to the American Muslim community and were described by legal rights... read the complete article

Factsheet

02 Jun 2020 | Organizations

Factsheet: Wiener Akademikerbund (WAB, Viennese Association of Academics)

IMPACT: The Wiener Akademikerbund was established in 1957 and was affiliated with the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP). In 2011, it was formally banned from the ÖVP for questioning the 1947-Prohibition Act that prohibits Holocaust denial... read the complete article

Factsheet

02 Jun 2020

Factsheet: Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest)

IMPACT: Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest, VB) is a far-right political party in the Flemish region of Belgium which promotes Flemish nationalism and was founded in 1978. The party has promoted fears of immigrant invasions, a... read the complete article

External Articles

02 Jun 2020

Statement in light of the murder of George Floyd and ongoing structural and institutional violence targeting Black Americans

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects us all indirectly… This is the... read the complete article