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Ask A Genius 1387: Sex Education, Population Ethics, and Demographic Myths: A Data-Driven Dialogue on Fertility, Race, and Policy on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1368: From Playground Racism to Nuclear-Free Zones: America’s Shifting Cultural and Moral Landscapes on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1341: Should Voting Age Be Raised? Democracy, Disinformation, and the Future of Political Participation on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1337: Rodrigo Duterte Arrested by ICC: A Turning Point for Global Justice? on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1325: Interim Canadian Prime Minister on U.S. Relations and Trump’s Legacy on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1313: Guns, Government Breakdown, and the Risk of Political Violence in America on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1300: Democratic Failures in 2024 and the Path to 2028 Victory on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1296: Existential Risks, AI Alignment, and Global Stability on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1286: 2026 U.S. Elections, Trump’s Influence, and Global Power Shifts on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1277: USAID, DoE, Not DoD on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1272: Naked at Night, Redux on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1271: China’s Decline, Russia’s Future, and Africa’s Growth by 2050 on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1267: Inflection Upon Inflection on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1248: The Scariest Moments, AI Energy Needs, Nuclear Reactor Safety, and Ukraine’s War Efforts on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1245: Technological Changes in the Midst of Adversarial Politics on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1244: Tread with the Trends of Caution or Caution to the Wind? on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1243: The Speaker Mike Johnson Rick Roll Ramble on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1237: Tripartite Religion of the H-1B on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1221: Rick’s Trump Distraction on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1216: Hollywood Press on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1213: The Murder of Brian Thompson on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1211: DOGE on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1206: Musk, Ramaswamy, Saul, and Summers on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1202: Propaganda Models in the States and Russia on 2025-06-12

Dr. Dauda Lawal Remarks on Gender Equality on 2025-06-12

Middle East’s AI Revolution: Ethics, Innovation, and Global Impact on 2025-06-12

A Comprehensive on Global Gender Parity on 2025-06-12

Redefining Protections for Queer Communities on 2025-06-12

Economic Disruption and Sustainability Ripple Effects on 2025-06-12

Canada Invests $24.2M in Indigenous Sport Programs on 2025-06-12

WalletHub on Racial Diversity in the United States on 2025-06-12

Small Business Carbon Tax Rebate and Canada on 2025-06-12

Best and Worst States for Women 2025 on 2025-06-12

Environmental Damages Fund: Conservation and Climate Action on 2025-06-12

Prof. Christophe Courchesne on Environmental Advocacy on 2025-06-12

Canada Expands Sexual and Reproductive Health Fund With $90M on 2025-06-12

CRTC’s $730M Broadband Fund Empowers 270 Canadian Communities on 2025-06-12

Climate Change Adaptation for Ontario’s Great Lakes on 2025-06-12

Canada Invests $2.7M in Climate Change Adaptation on 2025-06-12

Pushing Back Against Fetal Personhood Laws on 2025-06-12

Women’s and Girls’ Roles in Environmentalism and Public Health on 2025-06-12

Women’s and Girls’ Roles in Environmentalism and Public Health on 2025-06-12

Syphilis in Canada: Rising Cases and Prevention Strategies on 2025-06-12

WalletHub on Racial Wealth Inequality in the U.S. on 2025-06-12

Scholarships for Future Canadian Meteorologists on 2025-06-12

Innovative Safety Initiatives and Industry Benchmarks in Manufacturing on 2025-06-12

Canada Invests $78.7M to Strengthen Drug Enforcement on 2025-06-12

Five Years of Indigenous-led Child and Family Services Law on 2025-06-12

The National Flag of Canada Day on 2025-06-12

Anton Zelinskyi on Corruption, Integrity, and Ukrainian Judiciary on 2025-06-12

Omima Jabal on Human Rights and Sudan on 2025-06-12

Dr. Gord McKenna on Ethical Mining Practices in BC on 2025-06-12

Jodi Lai on AutoTrader Awards 2025 on 2025-06-12

Sudan’s Economic Struggles & Conflict Dynamics on 2025-06-12

Pimiskâw Scholarship to Support Indigenous Students on 2025-06-12

Dr. Chinmay Jani on Air Pollution and Lung Cancer on 2025-06-12

AI-Drive Aerial Military Defense Systems on 2025-06-12

Erika Castellanos, Global Action for Trans Equality on 2025-06-12

Canadian Global Alignment With Sustainability Standards on 2025-06-12

UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women on 2025-06-12

Indigenous Services Canada on Jordan’s Principle on 2025-06-12

Chip Lupo and the States With the Most Racial Progress on 2025-06-12

Updates from Canadian Border Services Agency on 2025-06-12

Ontario Nurses’ Association in Negotiations on 2025-06-12

California Healthcare Worker Strike on 2025-06-11

WalletHub on Elder Abuse Protections on 2025-06-11

Pimiskâw Scholarship to Support Indigenous Students on 2025-06-11

Gary Whittenberger, Reducing Gun Violence in the United States on 2025-06-11

Cities’ Economies and Women’s Choices on 2025-06-10

Henry Rock on City Startup Labs on 2025-06-10

Attorney Leah Wise: Texas, Accidents, Women’s Empowerment on 2025-06-10

On American Anti-Trans Groups With Imara Jones on 2025-06-09

Nyamat Singh, Petition to Dissolve PIPS at KPU on 2025-06-09

Brian Quigley on New Nicotine Replacement Therapy Technologies on 2025-06-09

Carl Allen and Rick Rosner on Polls in America on 2025-06-09

Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA) to Co-Host Panel Discussion on 2025-06-09

Bojan Jovanović (w/ Damir Katulić): Survivor Advocacy, Serbian Orthodoxy on 2025-06-09

Luke Powers on National Homelessness Statistics on 2025-06-08

WalletHub: Underprivileged States in 2024 on 2025-06-08

August Update From Prisoners Defenders on Cuba on 2025-06-03

Chip Lupo on State Diversity in the United States on 2025-06-03

Hollywood’s Political Bias and the Role of Hollywood Ambassadors on 2025-06-02

The Widdowson Case: Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Institutional Censorship in Canadian Universities on 2025-06-02

Global Wars by Decade: From Somalia’s 1991 Conflict to the Gaza War (2023) on 2025-05-27

The Rise, Crisis, and Continuity of Nathan J. Robinson’s Current Affairs Magazine on 2025-05-27

Lindsay Shepherd’s Academic Freedom and Free Speech Case: The Chronology and Facts on 2025-05-27

The Hunger Games: or, The Development Digital Crucible on 2025-05-27

Sustainable Population Growth: Balancing Demographics, Climate, and Human Values on 2025-05-17

Sustainable Population Growth: Balancing Demographics, Climate, and Human Values on 2025-05-16

Le Moyne College’s 2025 Young Alumni Ignatian Award for Journalism on Ukraine and Eurasia on 2025-05-16

Mark Carney’s Family Legacy: Catholic Education, Indigenous Assimilation, and the Shadows of Joseph Burr Tyrrell School on 2025-05-16

Claudia Culley on the Petition for PIPS Dissolution on 2025-05-03

Ask A Genius 1200: The Slaughter of the Dems on 2025-05-03

Ask A Genius 1199: The Day After Blues for the Blues on 2025-05-03

Ask A Genius 1198: Trump’s Likely First Moves on 2025-05-03

Ask A Genius 1191: Elections, schmelections! on 2025-05-03

Ask A Genius 1188: Voter Turnout on 2025-05-03

Ask A Genius 1186: Washington Post Cancellations on 2025-05-03

Ask A Genius 1185: Do Roast Jokes Work Outside of Roasts? on 2025-05-03

Ask A Genius 1180: Rick’s Note! on 2025-05-03

Ask A Genius 1176: Election Stuff, I’m 64, Scott! on 2025-05-03

Ask A Genius 1169: $1,000,000 a Day for Politics! on 2025-05-03

Ask A Genius 1168: McDonald’s President on 2025-05-03

Ask A Genius 1162: Twin Paths of Political Blockading on 2025-05-03

Ask A Genius 1158: Trump and Walz at the Time on 2025-05-03

DAN O’DOWD ON TESLA’S TOXIC CULTURE, FAILING HYPE, AND THE RISE OF BYD on 2025-05-03

DAN O’DOWD ON ELON MUSK’S HOLLOW PETTINESS on 2025-05-03

DAN O’DOWD ON ELON MUSK’S EMPIRE OF BROKEN PROMISES on 2025-05-03

SURVIVING THE BLACKOUT: HOW UKRAINE’S DOCTORS BATTLE WAR AND POWER CUTS on 2025-05-03

THE EMPEROR WITHOUT CLOTHES: UNMASKING ELON MUSK WITH DAN O’DOWD on 2025-05-03

HOW CANADA IS INCREASING INTERNET COVERAGE IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES on 2025-05-03

THE HUMAN COST OF ‘EFFICIENCY’: A CONVERSATION WITH MANDISA THOMAS on 2025-05-03

BOB RAE ON DIPLOMACY, DEMOCRACY, AND DEFENDING CANADA’S VALUES on 2025-05-03

THE ‘REVOLT OF THE RICH’: HOW THE 1970S RESHAPED AMERICA’S ECONOMIC DIVIDE on 2025-05-03

SOUTH KOREA’S PATH TO GENDER EQUITY: INTERVIEW WITH SUNGHWA HAN on 2025-05-03

A DEEP DIVE INTO SUDAN’S HUMANITARIAN CRISIS WITH SARA PANTULIANO on 2025-05-03

CHIE SUNADA ON SGI’S PURSUIT OF A NUCLEAR-FREE WORLD on 2025-05-03

IRINA TSUKERMAN ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY’S FAILURES IN ETHIOPIA on 2025-05-03

UNPACKING WHITE IDENTITY AND NATIONALISM: A CONVERSATION WITH ERIC KAUFMANN on 2025-05-02

Ask A Genius 1155: Demoblicans and Republicrats on 2025-04-30

Ask A Genius 1150: Pre-Election Project 2025 on 2025-04-30

Ask A Genius 1139: Trump or Not Trump, the Game Show! on 2025-04-30

Ask A Genius 1138: Late Hurricane Commentary From the Moment on 2025-04-30

Ask A Genius 1137: Kamala Gets an F From the NRA on 2025-04-30

Ask A Genius 1135: On the Walz-Vance Debate, bit late! on 2025-04-30

Complete Options to Gender-Based mostly Violence on 2025-04-29

Arie Perliger on Far-Right Extremism, Counterterrorism, and Democratic Challenges on 2025-04-28

The Evolution of Terrorism: Phil Gurski on Changing Tactics, Deradicalization, and National Security on 2025-04-28

Phil Gurski on Terrorism, National Security, and Canada’s Shifting Counterterrorism Priorities on 2025-04-28

OUSA’s 2025 Advocacy Priorities, Postsecondary Funding, and Student Challenges in Ontario on 2025-04-28

Humanists International Policy Chronology 4: “The Foundation of IHEU” on 2025-04-28

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Admits Failure in Decades-Long Church Abuse Crisis on 2025-04-28

Catholic Priest Anthony Odiong Pleads Guilty to Sexual Assault in Texas and Louisiana Amid Decades of Abuse Allegations on 2025-04-28

BCFS Advocacy, Postsecondary Funding, and Student Affordability Challenges on 2025-03-29

Faith-Based Abortion Activism in British Columbia: Public Health Risks and Human Rights Concerns on 2025-03-29

The Work Begins to End Global Blasphemy Laws: An Interview with Mubarak Bala on 2025-03-04

The Path to Humanist Chaplaincy on 2025-03-04

RealCarlAllen & RealRickRosner on Real Polls on 2025-03-04

International Day of Care and Support on 2025-03-04

The Work Begins to End Global Blasphemy Laws: An Interview with Mubarak Bala on 2025-03-03

BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE: SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR UKRAINE’S RECONSTRUCTION on 2025-01-12

THE FRAGILE BALANCE: LEON LANGDON ON FREE SPEECH AND COMBATING RELIGIOUS HATRED on 2025-01-12

TELLING ETHIOPIA’S TRUTH: GEZAHEGN DEMISSIE ON SILENCE, SUFFERING, AND GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY on 2025-01-12

Aisha Becker-Burrowes on UNGA-Adjacent Feminist Events on 2025-01-08

Martha Dimitratou on ‘Art, Care, & Action’ at the UNGA on 2025-01-08

Jennifer Wilkerson on Recommendations to Support Tradeswomen on 2025-01-08

Ask A Genius 1131: The Lady Flat Earthed on 2025-01-08

Ask A Genius 1129: Avalanche of Disinformation on 2025-01-08

Ask A Genius 1124: Current Political Nonsense and Currency on 2025-01-01

Papa Alioune Seck on UN Women’s ‘Gender Snapshot 2024’ on 2025-01-01

Alex Craiu on Journalism During War on 2025-01-01

Interview with Benoit Desjardins on Medical Professional Balance on 2025-01-01

Professor Gordon Guyatt on GRADE, Core Grade, and EBM on 2024-12-24

SHAPING MODERN WARFARE: A CANADIAN FIRM’S CONTRIBUTION TO UKRAINE’S DEFENSE on 2024-12-08

OLEKSANDR KALITENKO ON UKRAINE’S BATTLE FOR TRANSPARENCY on 2024-12-08

Cross-party amendments debated to remove bishops from the Lords on 2024-12-08

Faith to Faithless volunteer wins national helpline award on 2024-12-08

Political scientist John Curtice awarded Holyoake Lecture Medal on 2024-12-08

Government confirms VAT will be applied to private faith schools on 2024-12-08

Abortion safe access zones come into force in England and Wales on 2024-12-08

Humanists UK urges ASA: don’t censor ‘sacrilegious’ images on 2024-12-08

Humanists UK welcomes amendments to remove bishops from House of Lords on 2024-12-08

MPs from across the Commons challenge place of bishops in the Lords on 2024-12-08

Assisted Dying Bill has its first reading on 2024-12-08

‘This really is a historic moment’, Humanists UK comments on Assisted Dying Bill first reading on 2024-12-08

Humanists call for equal representation in dialogue with Council of the EU on 2024-12-08

Fighting Project 2025 and Youth Voter Suppression on 2024-12-08

Standing for Reproductive Rights on Campus on 2024-12-08

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION ABANDONS CHAPLAIN’S MANUAL on 2024-12-08

Request School Boards to Play Instrumental Versions of O Canada only. Protect Students’ Right to Freedom From Religion on 2024-12-08

Why Was This Groundbreaking Study on DEI (showing how it increases racism) Silenced? on 2024-12-08

Schools must adapt or become obsolete says head of Toronto’s new “Peace School” on 2024-12-08

NCSE honored with Outstanding Service to Environmental Education award on 2024-12-08

NABT condemns efforts to ban “controversial” topics in science on 2024-12-08

J. Marshall Shepherd honored for excellence in science communication on 2024-12-08

Random Samples with Prosanta Chakrabarty on 2024-12-08

RNCSE 44:4 now online on 2024-12-08

Heretic on the Hill: Getting Ready For 2025 (the year not the Project) on 2024-12-08

Heretic on the Hill: I’m Mr. Brightside, Sort Of on 2024-12-08

MRFF Action Compels National Cemetery to Keep Jewish Veteran’s Grave Safe from Desecration by Wreaths Across America on 2024-12-08

Associated Press Article on SECDEF Pick Pete Hegseth Features Mikey Weinstein and MRFF Advisory Board Member Larry Wilkerson on 2024-12-08

On Point Podcast/Radio Show on NPR Interviews Mikey Weinstein for MRFF’s Response to Trump’s Pick for DOD Secretary on 2024-12-08

Video Message from Mikey Weinstein on Trump Firing “Woke” Generals and Christian Supremacist Pick for SECDEF on 2024-12-08

A step toward greater transparency from “crisis pregnancy centres” on 2024-12-08

Humanists argue for ex-religious privacy rights at BC Court of Appeal on 2024-12-08

Vancouver’s faith based housing motion undermines duty of neutrality on 2024-12-08

Report: Saskatchewan Municipalities Including Unconstitutional Prayer in Meetings on 2024-12-08

Staying Vigilant on 2024-12-08

Pakistani Police Step In to Protect Accused in Blasphemy Arrest on 2024-12-08

JOURNALISM IN PERIL: SAID NAJIB ASIL ON SUPPORTING AFGHAN JOURNALISTS on 2024-11-26

FFRF urges IRS to revoke Billy Graham Evangelistic Association’s tax-exempt status on 2024-10-08

‘We Dissent’: Project 2025 — A roadmap to hell on 2024-10-08

‘We Dissent’: Project 2025 — A roadmap to hell on 2024-10-08

FFRF chapters erect ‘Be a Voter’ billboards in swing states on 2024-10-08

Children’s Commissioner calls for central register of children not in school on 2024-10-08

Welsh Parliament to hold assisted dying debate on 2024-10-08

At UN, Humanists call for protection of women and children in Slovakia on 2024-10-08

At UN, Humanists International Calls on Burundi to Uphold Human Rights Amidst Crackdowns on 2024-10-08

At UN, Humanists International highlights repression of women and girls in Afghanistan on 2024-10-08

At UN, Humanists International highlights repression of women and girls in Afghanistan on 2024-10-08

NCSE’s Branch discusses new climate change education law in Illinois on 2024-10-08

The bill to codify the California Center for Climate Change passes on 2024-10-08

NCSE’s Branch discusses climate change education for The Wonderful Truth on 2024-10-08

Pith 940: Sleeping, one eye open on 2024-08-10

All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group relaunches after the election on 2024-08-01

Protecting freedom of religion or belief against the religious right | Andrew Copson on 2024-08-01

Isle of Man: Assisted Dying Bill passes key vote on 2024-08-01

What’s in the King’s Speech for humanists? on 2024-08-01

FFRF complaint removes bible quote from Tenn. sheriff’s office website on 2024-08-01

FFRF applauds POTUS support for SCOTUS reform — but expansion is needed on 2024-08-01

Church partisanship warrants CRA scrutiny on 2024-08-01

Pith 934: or a crooked smile on 2024-07-31

Pith 933: Then old on 2024-07-31

Pith 932: I like to watch the puddles gather rain, drain on 2024-07-31

Pith 931: Sinanon Saran, Chant de Griot on 2024-07-31

Prof. Imam Syed B. Soharwardy on Canadian Muslims Now on 2024-07-31

Andrea Gunraj on the Canadian Women’s Foundation on 2024-07-30

Ask A Genius 1042: The Matthew Scillitani Session on 2024-07-28

Ask A Genius 1035: Some Women and Contemporary Technologists on 2024-07-28

Ask A Genius 1033: Music and “Toy” Unethical Behaviour on 2024-07-28

Javier Larrondo Calafat on 1,728 Cuban Political Prisoners Now on 2024-07-28

Ask A Genius 1031: And the winner? To be decided. on 2024-07-28

Pith 928: The Truth on 2024-07-26

Pith 927: Bound on 2024-07-26

Pith 926: And the Sun bled on 2024-07-26

Pith 925: Sensuts off lightboon on 2024-07-26

Pith 924: What is Obscenity? on 2024-07-26

‘Imagine There Is No Heaven’: an African Freethought Festival on 2024-07-26

Javier Larrondo Calafat on Cuba’s Luis Frómeta Compte on 2024-07-26

Annie Jacobsen, an Author on 2024-07-25

MRFF’s Mikey Weinstein on Project 2025 on 2024-07-23

Humanists International Policy Chronology 4: “The Foundation of IHEU” on 2024-07-22

Pith 921: What is Cymatics? on 2024-07-22

Tinder Platinum Isn’t That Bad on 2024-07-22

“Is,” Plato, and Socrates on 2024-07-22

Mind Transfer at Will on 2024-07-22

Freethought Organizations Should Read Their Hate Mail and Mean Tweets as Jokes Publicly on 2024-07-22