On Friday, December 11, schools in Augusta County, Virginia, were closed over safety concerns. Though no credible threats had been made, the sheer volume and tone of parents’ complaints about a specific lesson plan on... Read More

I can't think of a better example of the complex internal struggle within nearly every Muslim community and family than that represented by the San Bernardino shooter and his family. While one brother, Navy veteran... Read More

Secular Social Justice, a conference sponsored by the American Humanist Association that will be organized around the cultural context and social reformation efforts of secular people of color and their allies, will be held on... Read More

This past March, the Atlantic featured a story by Graeme Wood titled “What ISIS Really Wants,” which Jack Jenkins responded to at ThinkProgress with “What the Atlantic Gets Dangerously Wrong about ISIS and Islam.” Their... Read More

What happens when one of the world’s most voluble critics of Islam sits down for a conversation with a former radical Islamist? When one of them is Sam Harris and the other is Maajid Nawaz,... Read More

On Tuesday, in conjunction with the publication of a “listicle” (definition here) called “The News Today: 7 Trends in Old and New Media,” the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution hosted a... Read More

Over the past several months, we’ve gotten a sense of how the 2016 presidential elections are shaping up. Well, at least for the primary. We’ve seen the candidates at their podiums giving speeches that feed... Read More