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School shootings, Ukraine invasion, clergy abuse, and a special television treat
There’s so much that’s happened over the past week — and so much for us at the Freedom From Religion Foundation to grapple with. “Thoughts
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Two court victories in West Virginia highlight big week at FFRF

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School shootings, Ukraine invasion, clergy abuse, and a special television treat
There’s so much that’s happened over the past week — and so much for us at the Freedom From Religion Foundation to grapple with. “Thoughts


A medieval freethinker in a Muslim land
A brilliant Persian scientist said to have been born in mid-May almost a millennium ago remarkably dared to voice his agnosticism in perhaps the most


It’s Period Poverty Awareness Week
Did you know that one in four people struggle to purchase period supplies due to lack of income? This notion of “period poverty” affects people’s


Two court victories in West Virginia highlight big week at FFRF
The Freedom From Religion Foundation just planted a couple of victory flags at the top of the Mountain State as part of a busy and


Oprah serial reveals megachurch mess
Oprah Winfrey helped create a television series, “Greenleaf,” about a black megachurch where worshipers whoop, sway, dance, wave arms, squeal, shout and shell out truckloads


Abortion is an atheist issue
Occasionally, I see a comment on social media from people who say that abortion is not an atheist issue. They typically assert that since they


Abortion rights, Supreme Court, Putin’s Church and an illustrious illustrator
We at the Freedom From Religion Foundation have been in a bit of a frenzy over the past week. Of course, the religiously inspired onslaught


White evangelicals are a political curse
Every person who remembers his school poetry knows that the Ancient Mariner was forced to wear a dead albatross around his neck. America’s Republican Party

Kennedy v. Bremerton — what the case will mean for students’ rights
The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to gut constitutional protections for public school student athletes in the name of “religious freedom.” The case in question


We need to #FreeThePill
Today, May 9, marks the 62nd anniversary of the day when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first birth control pill in 1960.


The Supreme Court, Jamie Raskin, the National Day of Prayer and a legendary illustrator
What a week we’ve had here at the Freedom From Religion Foundation. It started off with a narrow but alarming U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding


Five things you need to know about the Supreme Court draft abortion opinion
The legal team at the Freedom From Religion Foundation was still digesting Monday’s unanimous opinion by the Supreme Court regarding a request to fly a