Topic: moral panic

Laura Loomer shows her support for former President Donald Trump outside a campaign event for Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at The Vault on October 05, 2023 in Tampa, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Arizona GOP revives sharia law panic

Russell Payne
Ron DeSantis and a UFO (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

UFOs, CRT and the GOP

Chauncey DeVega
Protesters rally against Christynne Wood, a transgender woman who was criticized for using the female locker room at the YMCA, in Santee, a suburban city in San Diego County California, January 21, 2023. (SANDY HUFFAKER/AFP via Getty Images)

Why moral panic over "grooming" works

Matthew Rozsa
Mississippi State Capitol (Getty Images/Philip Gould)

Assistant principal fired over butt book

Jon Skolnik
(AP)

Rise of the Christian left

Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig