In May of last year, the Center for Inquiry (CFI) hosted Women in Secularism, a conference about issues of importance to women who identify as atheists, agnostics, secular humanists, and skeptics. It was the first event of its kind by a national secular organization to feature an all-female speaker lineup. You can see videos of the presentations and panels here. Read more
Rapper Ensomniak has just released a digital track called “Morality” and the song is incredible. Seriously. Listen to it: Read more
Alex Wan, a member of the City Council in Atlanta, Georgia, has just issued a proclamation in honor of Charles Darwin and his “contribution to modern science”: Read more
In case you ever needed a dead giveaway that someone was an atheist: (via Toothpaste for Dinner) Read more
The Barna Group defines people as “Bible-minded” if they 1) say they read the Bible in a typical week and 2) if they believe the Bible is “accurate in the principles it teaches.” Which leads to their list of the most and least Bible-minded cities: Read more
Lawrence Krauss gives his take on a touchy subject: Should math and science teachers get paid more than those who teach the humanities? As much as I want to get behind this, it’s a short-sighted solution… Read more
A group of Arizona politicians — all Republicans, of course — have proposed a law (House Bill 2467) requiring high school students to recite the following oath in order to graduate: Read more
In a study conducted by Nottingham University Business School, researchers tried to answer that age-old question: Does religion make you nicer? (I know, I know, I spoiled the ending in the title.) The study was performed as follows: Read more
Given how strong the ties are between religious conservatives and the anti-abortion movement, you might suspect that atheists are almost entirely pro-choice… and you’d be right. However, a vocal minority of pro-life atheists have been getting a lot of coverage lately as people realize we’re not as monolithic as we’re made out to be. Marco Rosaire Rossi wrote about non-religious pro-lifers for The Humanist last fall (and one of the groups he wrote about offered a rebuttal to his piece here). Now, Leslie Fain at The Catholic World Report takes another look at this group to find out how they justify being pro-life when God doesn’t factor into the equation: Read more
A recent survey conducted by the Community Foundation for Ireland offers a glimpse at what issues matter most to the citizens of the country and it’s pretty clear where their priorities lie (PDF): Education, education, education, air, education, education, kids, education. Not a bad list at all. So you have to wonder what ranked lowest out of the 119 options presented to respondents: Read more
