Oklahoma, “where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain,” is among the reddest of red states. It gave Donald Trump the third biggest percentage he received anywhere—65.3 percent— surpassed only by coal states West Virginia... Read More

“Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever.” This was white supremacist Alabama Governor George Wallace’s epic battle cry in his infamous 1963 inaugural speech demonizing the civil rights movement. Billionaire Christian conservative Betsy DeVos and... Read More

I was registering voters not too long before the California primary in June when two men came in. One registered, and the other thanked us but declined. We asked if he was a citizen and... Read More

He dared to question God’s existence. His tweets did not go unnoticed. Now, an unidentified twenty-eight-year-old Saudi man faces $5,330 in fines, ten years in prison, and 2,000 lashes. And he’s hardly the first to... Read More

On the opening day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC), the Secular Coalition for America (SCA) hosted a Secular Democrat Reception for nonreligious delegates and attendees. The July 25 reception was an opportunity for nonreligious... Read More

Seventeen thousand years ago, Stone Age artists painted numerous beautiful pictures on rock walls of wild, cattle-like creatures called aurochs, indicating they must have been very important to the lives of our ancestors. Although these... Read More

With all the troubles in the world—radical Islamic terrorism, climate change, Donald Trump—it’s good that the religious right is focused on the biggest existential threat to America: transgender women wanting to pee in women’s bathrooms.... Read More