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Our trans community is facing unprecedented levels of violence across the United States. The Anti-Trans Hate Machine is a multimedia project that takes us behind the curtain of the dark money, right-wing organizations, and extreme ideology behind the current anti-trans backlash. We uncover the disinformation, lies, and orchestrated political moves that seek to make the future darker for all of us.
Season 4 Out Now: The Anti-Trans Hate Machine: The Destruction of Public Schools
For decades, conservative donors and organizations have been laying the groundwork for this moment, pouring millions into local school board races to advance their agenda. Today, that network—spanning the Heritage Foundation, Moms for Liberty, extremist groups like the Proud Boys, Trump-aligned operatives like Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, and billionaire funders like Betsy DeVos—is reshaping local politics to dismantle public education from within, using anti-trans rhetoric as both catalyst and cover.
The Anti-Trans Hate Machine
Right wing forces have taken aim at trans kids in schools, relentlessly targeting some of our country’s most vulnerable youth. In this season, journalist and host Imara Jones investigates this movement, uncovering how these attacks are part of a larger plan to dismantle public education and shatter democracy itself.
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Episode Transcripts – Season 4: The Destruction of Public Schools
The flood of anti-trans attacks in education isn’t a grassroots phenomenon, it’s part of a calculated attack on democracy. In the first episode of this series, journalist Imara Jones investigates right-wing efforts to take over school boards and throw communities into chaos. Join her as she travels to Pennsylvania to learn how these attacks are playing out in a vital swing district, shedding light on the powerful network behind them and how communities can fight back.
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Florida is ground zero for the modern anti-trans movement in schools. Join journalist Imara Jones as she travels to the belly of the beast, exploring the origin and spread of Moms for Liberty, a so-called parental rights group weaponizing anti-trans hate. In this episode, she uncovers how the anti-trans movement in schools is directly tied to the January 6 insurrection, revealing a fringe conspiracy theory fueling these efforts by casting trans people as an existential threat to America.
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In this final episode of our season, journalist Imara Jones and her team investigate how the anti-trans attacks on schools are part of a larger strategy to dismantle public education, and it’s being driven by the most powerful coalition on the right. Join her as she learns how the plan to privatize education is flourishing in Arizona and starting to gain momentum across the country. The ultimate goal: use vouchers to destroy public schools — a major pillar of democracy. But the outcome of these efforts is far from a foregone conclusion.
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