A federal judge ruled in early July that Utah’s 2012 “ag-gag” law is unconstitutional. The law criminalized whistleblowing in slaughterhouses and factory farms by preventing citizens employed in a facility under false pretenses from recording... Read More

Christian conservatives, despite their threats of protest, vandalism, and even violence, turned out to be a no-show. The hour-long ceremony the morning of July 14, 2017, unveiling a bronze statue of Clarence Darrow to stand... Read More

It’s no secret that pollution is a danger to our health. Air pollution, specifically, has been linked to asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart attack, diabetes, pulmonary cancer, birth defects, leukemia, and premature death.... Read More

British writer and activist Maajid Nawaz is suing the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for defamation. Last October, the SPLC published a report entitled, “A Journalist’s Manual: Field Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists.” The report contained... Read More

Today is Nebraska State Senator Ernie Chambers 80th birthday! To honor this amazing human being and AHA Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, we bring you a slightly updated version of a profile that appeared in the... Read More

On June 25, a Sunday, the well-known DC bookstore and coffeehouse Politics and Prose hosted a talk with David Goodrich. A former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration climate scientist and past director of the Global... Read More

The religious right and conservative Republicans have never shied away from attempting to pass bogus, religiously influenced legislation. It has been a constant battle for secularists, and frankly, it’s one of the reasons the American... Read More