As the holiday season got into full swing, the American Humanist Association (AHA) took some heat from the religious right for blocking a public school from participating in Operation Christmas Child, which distributes shoeboxes containing... Read More

A 2012 Gallup poll showed only 54 percent of U.S. citizens would be willing to vote for a well-qualified presidential candidate if that person happened to be an atheist. For women and African-American candidates, it’s... Read More

I have a dream that one day Americans will judge their candidates on the content of their character and their political positions, rather than on their professed religious beliefs. I have a dream that one... Read More

When Congress inserted the words “under God” into the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954, its intent was clear: to strike “at the philosophical roots of communism, atheism, and materialism.” So declared the sponsor of the... Read More

“Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.” —Albert Einstein As young Americans across the United States returned to school this fall, the insertion of God into the Pledge of Allegiance was... Read More

The part of the First Amendment that prohibits “abridging the freedom… of the press” is now up against the wall, as the Obama administration continues to assault the kind of journalism that can expose government... Read More