As President Trump has kowtowed to the religious right in order to maintain some level of popular support for his presidency (first by calling for the non-enforcement of the Johnson Amendment and now by supporting... Read More

On July 8 a Florida law took effect that gives residents from all over the state, regardless of whether or not they have children in Florida’s public school system, the opportunity to contest what kids... Read More

Conservative Christians love to talk about how the evil, godless secularists rarely do anything for charity. However, so many Christian charities are riddled with their own issues (an alarming number are featured on CharityWatch’s Hall... Read More

Last month, the US men’s and women’s national soccer teams unveiled their latest jerseys. In celebration of Pride Month, the white home shirts and red away shirts now display rainbow numbers. Although aesthetically pleasing and... Read More

Last week the mayor of New Orleans, Mitch Landrieu, visited the Center for American Progress (CAP) and joined CAP President and CEO Neera Tanden for a conversation on race in America. Landrieu focused primarily on... Read More

I don’t know if it’s true that Mark Twain wrote, “Give a man a reputation as an early riser and he can sleep til’ noon,” but I know it’s a true sentiment regardless. The reputation of... Read More

Scientists, freethinkers, and medical professionals have been warning about the dangers of anti-vaccination rhetoric and culture ever since vaccines became commonplace nearly two hundred years ago. A marvel of modern science and medicine, vaccines shield... Read More