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NYT Bestseller THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War. THE FAMILY (book & Netflix). THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS. Words+pics @VanityFair. Teach @Dartmouth.

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Straight man's burden: The American roots of Uganda's anti-gay persecutions-By Jeff Sharlet (Harp...

Straight man's burden: The American roots of Uganda's anti-gay persecutions-By Jeff Sharlet (Harp...

Jeff Sharlet is a contributing editor of Harper's Magazine and a fellow at The Nation Institute's Investigati…

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Jesus killed Mohammed: The crusade for a Christian military-By Jeff Sharlet (Harper's Magazine)

Jesus killed Mohammed: The crusade for a Christian military-By Jeff Sharlet (Harper's Magazine)

From the May 2009 issue. Jeff Sharlet is a contributing editor of Harper's Magazine and the author of The Fam…

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Inside America's most powerful megachurch-By Jeff Sharlet (Harper's Magazine)

Inside America's most powerful megachurch-By Jeff Sharlet (Harper's Magazine)

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Through a glass, darkly: How the Christian right is reimagining U.S. history-By Jeff Sharlet (Har...

Through a glass, darkly: How the Christian right is reimagining U.S. history-By Jeff Sharlet (Har...

We keep trying to explain away American fundamentalism. Those of us not engaged personally or emotionally in …

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Big world: How Clear Channel programs America-By Jeff Sharlet (Harper's Magazine)

Big world: How Clear Channel programs America-By Jeff Sharlet (Harper's Magazine)

How Clear Channel programs America

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Jesus plus nothing: Undercover among America's secret theocrats-By Jeff Sharlet (Harper's Magazin...

Jesus plus nothing: Undercover among America's secret theocrats-By Jeff Sharlet (Harper's Magazin...

And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. -Matthew 10:36 This is how they pray: a dozen clear-eyed…

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Alleged Assassin Cole Allen is in Custody — But "Cole Allen" the Political Narrative is Running Wild

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By Jeff Sharlet
| Religion Dispatches Verified
Perhaps the most historically significant aspect of Saturday’s assassination attempt—the third or fourth, depending on how one counts—is that if I were to wait a few days to think about the event and, more critically, its narrative aftermath, most readers would have forgotten it happened. If they ever knew.
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Trump's Alleged Assassin, Cole Allen, is in Custody — But "Cole Allen" the Political Narrative is Running Wild

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By Jeff Sharlet
| Religion Dispatches Verified
Perhaps the most historically significant aspect of Saturday’s assassination attempt—the third or fourth, depending on how one counts—is that if I were to wait a few days to think about the event and, more critically, its narrative aftermath, most readers would have forgotten it happened. If they ever knew.
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'Rubber Glue Fascism': A Close Reading of Trump's 'Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence' Memo

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By Jeff Sharlet
| Bucks County Beacon
The news cycle yesterday was still spinning around Kimmel, and tomorrow it’ll be busy with Comey. But in between came bigger news: the “memo” named in my headline. A “Terror Memo.” I don’t like sending traffic to this White House, but you should read it. In its expansive definition of “terror,” “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence” may prove to be as much of an acceleration in this slow civil war as the assassination of Charlie Kirk. I’m no lawyer.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Courts-martial beat for the San Diego Reader

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

How is social media changing news?

You know.

Awards

National Magazine Award

2015 - Reporting
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