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.
Lindsey Hebert and Ashley Oliver are both atheist mothers from the South who are used to seeing kids with clothes bearing religious messages. It prompted them to create shirts that push back against that culture. After getting a positive reaction from their friends, the two mothers have launched their own online store, SkepticKids: Read more
I recently posted about how atheist Justin Scott asked Sen. Marco Rubio a question during a campaign stop in Iowa. It was essentially the same question he’s asked all the candidates he’s met. Justin wanted to know how Rubio would defend the rights of atheists — and protect the separation of church and state — if he were to be elected. Read more
The home of a prominent atheist professor in Jerusalem was vandalized this morning. The apparent hate crime was committed, it seems, by religious zealots who want to stop him from destroying the faith of the Israeli people. Professor Yaakov Malkin is a leader of Tmura, the Israeli affiliate of the International Institute for Humanistic Secular Judaism. He’s been a secular activist for the past 50 years, and an organizational leader for the past 20. His group trains Secular Humanistic rabbis to serve the many, many Jewish people who don’t identify primarily as religious. Malkin’s home was defaced with Bible-verse graffiti, a knife, and a threatening note: Read more
This Sunday, E! will premiere a new show about a “psychic” who helps Hollywood stars get in touch with their dead relatives. (Because why lie to gullible strangers when you can lie to gullible celebrities?) But to make the charade work, you need someone young, attractive, and fully convinced of his own “gift.” That someone is 20-year-old Tyler Henry, who’s already getting the Dr. Phil treatment: Susan Gerbic, at Skeptical Inquirer, is especially frustrated that Henry plans to specialize (my word, not his) in suicides: Read more
Back in March, the Center For Inquiry’s CEO Ron Lindsay announced that he’d be retiring at the end of the year, voluntarily stepping down as head of one of the largest Humanist organizations in the world. There was no hint of who would take his place or what big changes would occur after he left. But that’s changing today. CFI just announced that it will be merging with the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science at the end of the month. Current RDF President Robyn Blumner (below) will become CEO of the newly combined group, which will retain the CFI name. Read more
