Last Tuesday the American Humanist Association submitted a letter to the Elmira City School District in New York, on behalf of an atheist student who objects to the Phrase “under God” in the Pledge of... Read More

For those of us who consider the “Theory of Evolution” a figure of speech, not an invitation to call into question the veracity of an established scientific principle—evolution is a fact, not a theory—what the... Read More

Last Thursday the Brookings Institution, along with George Mason University and City University London, hosted an event titled Religion and Foreign Policy: A Transatlantic Dialogue. Brookings Senior Fellow E.J. Dionne opened the panel discussion by... Read More

While the idea of a face-off on social media might suggest stepping into the middle of a frivolous fracas, a serious issue was raised in a recent Facebook post by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley... Read More

In response to today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Town of Greece v. Galloway, which determined that legislative prayer does not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, the American Humanist Association announced a... Read More

On Sunday, James Woods, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Arizona’s 5th Congressional District, hosted an Atheist Media Day to encourage political outreach to secular and humanist communities and to inspire other nontheist... Read More

The City of Lake Elsinore, California, has declined to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that a public monument depicting crosses violates the Establishment Clause of the U. S. Constitution and the Establishment Clause and No... Read More