Hemant Mehta is the founder and editor of FriendlyAtheist.com, a YouTube creator, and podcast co-host. He is a former National Board Certified math teacher in the suburbs of Chicago. He has appeared on CNN and FOX News and served on the board of directors for Foundation Beyond Belief and the Secular Student Alliance. He has written multiple books, including I Sold My Soul on eBay and The Young Atheist's Survival Guide. He also edited the book Queer Disbelief.
Annie Mae Braiden didn’t do anything wrong. She gave birth to her daughter Isabelle about 10 weeks ago and everything should have been normal. Unfortunately, Isabelle has spent the past month in the pediatric intensive care unit in a Victoria (British Columbia) hospital because she picked up whooping cough. On Facebook, Braiden urged other parents to make sure their kids get vaccinated — not just for them, but for the kids who may be affected by someone else’s negligence. Read more
During the Texas Democratic Convention last week, the Secular Coalition for Texas not only hosted a Secular Caucus, educating party leaders about non-religious voters and what we’d like to see from the government, they introduced three resolutions they were hoping the state party would adopt. Guess what? All three are now in the official Texas Democratic Party platform. Read more
Democrat Cara Prior is one of the open atheists running to become an Arizona State Representative. And she’s not hiding it as she campaigns. When the Center for Arizona Policy, a conservative group, sent her a survey asking her about her views on abortion, LGBT rights, church/state separation, and other issues, she responded with a blanket condemnation of their so-called “values.” Read more