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 The U.S. is now barely six months away from the 2024 election, and division and extremism seem to be at an all-time high. Race and religion play roles in much of the rhetoric surrounding the [...]

In a new book entitled In Freedom We Trust: An Atheist Guide to Religious Liberty, father-son team Edward and Michael Buckner make a compelling case for maintaining the fundamental secular nature [...]

We slouched into the New Year with a resolution to the so-called “fiscal cliff” situation that satisfied no one. With issues ranging from gun control to the debt ceiling, [...]

The well-organized and well-funded campaign to inflame fear of and hostility toward Muslims and Islam has been well-documented. But that doesn’t make having to see Pamela Geller, et. [...]

Here’s what’s coming up on the next State of Belief Radio: a provocative new ad campaign meant to achieve nothing less than “Taking back Islam from Muslim & anti-Muslim extremists [...]

At least last year, Hannukah and Christmas overlapped. Not so this year, with the Festival of Lights ending before the full force of the Christmas season even arrived. The way its celebrated in [...]

Here’s what’s coming up on the next State of Belief Radio: Why are the likes of Mike Huckabee and Newt Gingrich joining the outrageous Westboro Baptist Church in blaming the Newtown [...]

It only took Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and the GOP-dominated state legislature mere hours to effectively dismantle more than a century of workers’ rights in the cradle of union [...]

Pop quiz: what global vacation destination penalizes atheism with… The death penalty? Which American states prohibit non-believers from holding public office… in 2012? You’ll get the [...]

The Rev. Cody Sanders writes widely on the ongoing tragedy of LGBTQ suicide in this country. Most recently, he authored a compelling article in Religion Dispatches Magazine, “Queer Suicide [...]