Political Research Associates is an organized "think tank" that supports movements designed to help build democracy. PRA goes to great lengths to expose ideologies and movements that impinge on human rights. PRA believes the Christian Right in particular undermines democracy. PRA publishes "The Public Eye" quarterly in addition to timely special reports as warranted and, in 2005, it released "Defending Justice: An Activist Resource Kit." The group was founded in 1981 by Jean Hardisty at Midwest Research in Chicago. Hardisty stepped down in 2004.