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

Ask A Genius 1160: On Kamala Harris on 2025-05-03

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

FILMMAKER JASON WEIXELBAUM ON AMERICAN CORPORATIONS, NAZI GERMANY, AND THE FIGHT FOR MEMORY on 2025-05-03

UNPACKING U.S. RECIPROCAL TARIFFS AND PRIVATE EQUITY STRATEGIES on 2025-05-03

MARC FASTEAU & IAN FLETCHER TALK ABOUT U.S. INDUSTRIAL POLICY on 2025-05-03

HOW SOUTH KOREAN FEMINISTS ARE RESISTING THE CONSERVATIVE TIDE on 2025-05-03

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

A SCIENTIST ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE IN MAGA AMERICA on 2025-05-03

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

BREAKING THE CYCLE: CAN UKRAINE OVERCOME CORRUPTION? on 2025-05-03

UKRAINE’S INFORMATION WAR: VALERIA KOVTUN ON COUNTERING RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION on 2025-05-03

THE TARIFF TUG-OF-WAR: MICHAEL ASHLEY SCHULMAN WEIGHS IN on 2025-05-03

A TRADE LAWYER TACKLES RECIPROCAL TARIFFS, LEGAL CHALLENGES, AND GLOBAL MARKET RISKS 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

THE COST OF UNCERTAINTY: HOW CANADIAN SMALL BUSINESSES ARE BRACING FOR TRUMP’S TARIFFS 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

MUBARAK BALA AND THE STRUGGLE FOR FREETHOUGHT IN NIGERIA on 2025-05-03

INSIDE THE BRUTAL REALITY FACING UKRAINIAN PRISONERS OF WAR: A CONVERSATION WITH LIDIIA VOLKOVA on 2025-05-03

REBIRTH AND RUIN: UNDERSTANDING FASCISM’S APPEAL WITH ROGER GRIFFIN on 2025-05-03

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

UKRAINE’S CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES: IRINA TSUKERMAN TALKS POLICY AND PEACE on 2025-05-03

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

NAVIGATING WAR AND HOPE: OLEKSANDRA ROMANTSOVA ON UKRAINE’S STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL on 2025-05-03

TRACING THE FAR-RIGHT’S DIGITAL REVOLUTION: A CONVERSATION WITH MATTHEW FELDMAN on 2025-05-03

LIVING ON THE EDGE: A WAR CORRESPONDENT’S VIEW FROM UKRAINE’S FRONT LINES on 2025-05-03

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

BUILDING BACK BETTER: UKRAINE’S AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR A RESILIENT FUTURE 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

Afghan Diaspora in Toronto: Advocacy, Feminism, and the Fight for Freedom on 2025-04-28

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

Phil Gurski on Counterterrorism, Radicalization, and the Evolution of Terrorist Ideologies 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

Humanists International Policy Chronology 1: “Humanism and secularism” on 2025-04-28

Finding an Activism/Life Balance – TheHumanist.com on 2025-04-04

Rights, Education, Organizations, and Hood Humanism: An Interview with Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson on 2025-03-29

Taiwan’s Opposition, China’s Military Pressure, and the Strategic Role of Semiconductors on 2025-03-29

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

Resilient Markets: Navigating Investment and Trade Uncertainty in Canada 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

Founder of Military Religious Freedom Foundation on Christian Nationalism on 2025-03-04

Dr. Herb Silverman on American Secularism on 2025-03-04

The Hollywood Formula and Proposal for Scotty on 2025-03-04

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

Tweets to the States 1: Sue Reality Mr. Stephen King! on 2025-03-04

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

Intersecting Tensions: Right-Wing Antisemitism, Identity Politics, and the Israel-Palestine Conflict on 2025-03-04

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

THREADS OF HERITAGE: FASHION, ADVOCACY, AND UKRAINIAN IDENTITY on 2025-01-12

THE TRUTH ABOUT WAR: A SNIPER’S JOURNEY THROUGH UKRAINE’S WAR on 2025-01-12

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

Safa Ahmed on Discrimination Against Indian-American Muslims 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

Steven Pinker on Humanism and Campuses on 2025-01-01

Interview with Steven Pinker on Humanism and Campuses on 2025-01-01

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

AI IN WAR AND PROPAGANDA: ANNA MYSYSHYN ON DISINFORMATION, DEMOCRACY, AND DIGITAL GOVERNANCE on 2024-12-08

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

Peers call for the removal of bishops from the Lords on 2024-12-08

Humanists UK welcomes Assisted Dying Bill on 2024-12-08

Humanists to pay tribute on Remembrance Day 2024 on 2024-12-08

Northern Ireland Humanists pay tribute to humanist trailblazer Anna Lo 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

Consent vital part of Relationships and Sexuality Education, says Northern Ireland Humanists on 2024-12-08

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

Humanists UK mourns Lord (Lyndon) Harrison (1947-2024) on 2024-12-08

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

Statement on scope of the Assisted Dying Bill on 2024-12-08

Cross-party peers call for immediate legal recognition of humanist marriages on 2024-12-08

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

New poll shows every constituency backs assisted dying on 2024-12-08

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

Six hard-hitting facts about faith schools on 2024-12-08

Historic vote on assisted dying – 29 November on 2024-12-08

Conservative Humanists vow to keep freedom of religion or belief on party’s agenda on 2024-12-08

Private Christian schools to take legal action against UK Government’s VAT plans on 2024-12-08

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

Our Students Face the Next Wave of Christian Nationalism’s Agenda 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

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

[Review] Integrating Racial Justice into Your High-School Biology Classroom on 2024-12-08

We’re Living Through a Historic Time – Now What do we do About It? 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

Stand with Us Against the Rising Tide of Christian Nationalism on 2024-12-08

From the Intern Desk: Imagine There Is A Bear Chasing You, A Wake-Up Call for Secular Citizens on 2024-12-08

Choosing the Future on 2024-12-08

A Few Things to Read on the Election on 2024-12-08

Heretic on the Hill: A Tale of Two Campaign Speeches on 2024-12-08

From the Intern Desk: The Camouflaging Semantics of Project 2025 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

NPR Network’s Extremely American Host Heath Druzin Interviews MRFF’s Mikey Weinstein On Pete Hegseth For The Idaho Capital Sun 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

Video Message from MRFF’s Mikey Weinstein: “We are going nowhere. We will continue to fight.” on 2024-12-08

MRFF’s Mikey Weinstein Interviewed on the Threat of Christian Nationalism in Our United States Military at “The Humanist” 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

Project 2025 Upends Reproductive Freedoms on 2024-12-08

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

An update on the Tahir Naseem case on 2024-12-08

Blasphemy arrests are on the rise in Pakistan on 2024-12-08

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

CANADIAN UKRAINIANS: AMPLIFYING VOICES AMID WAR on 2024-11-26

Controversy in Intellectual/Political Life: An Interview with Robert Jensen on 2024-11-26

FFRF protects students’ First Amendment rights in Missouri on 2024-10-08

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

We mess with Texas: FFRF calls out constitutional violations in multiple Lone Star districts on 2024-10-08

Evangelical climate change denial is killing our planet on 2024-10-08

FFRF objects to Texas school district’s ‘Donuts & God’ bible study on 2024-10-08

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

No partnership with a church, FFRF advises a Va. school board on 2024-10-08

Addressing Senator Hawley’s Essay on Christian Nationalism on 2024-10-08

Sr. DoD Civilian/MRFF Client Expresses Gratitude for Defending Religious Freedoms in our U.S. Military Against All Odds on 2024-10-08

Professor Steven Pinker on Humanism and Campuses on 2024-10-08

What is the NAKBA? The history of the “Catastrophe” Islamists use to justify genocide against Israel on 2024-10-08

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

BREAKING: Assisted Dying Bill in House of Commons – path now open to compassionate law change on 2024-10-08

UK Government: Proposed Islamophobia definition ‘not in line’ with Equality Act on 2024-10-08

Humanist MPs strike optimistic tone at Labour conference: ‘Our message of tolerance, diversity, and inclusion is so important’ on 2024-10-08

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

At UN, Humanists highlight human rights issues in New Zealand on 2024-10-08

At UN, Tutul Chowdhury calls for respect of freedom of expression in Bangladesh 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 calls for the preservation of democracy in Venezuela on 2024-10-08

Humanists International calls for stronger civic space in the EU 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

Humanists International Calls for Repeal of Repressive Laws in Sri Lanka at the UN on 2024-10-08

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

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

Professor Steven Pinker on Humanism and Campuses on 2024-09-25

Dr. Nasser Yousefi and Baran Yousefi on Humanist Curricula on 2024-09-10

Mazwienduna speaks Christian religion, LGBTQI in Zim on 2024-09-10

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

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

Humanist priorities raised in King’s Speech debates 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

New bills in Lords to tackle collective worship and illegal faith schools on 2024-08-01

New Assisted Dying Bill in the House of Lords on 2024-08-01

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

Eleven years of Government inaction on humanist marriages on 2024-08-01

Nigerian humanist Mubarak Bala should be free says Humanists UK at UN on 2024-08-01

Highest number of MPs ever take secular affirmation on 2024-08-01

67% of people in Northern Ireland want integrated schools to be ‘main model’ on 2024-08-01

Humanists UK celebrates preservation of Human Rights Act on 2024-08-01

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

Don’t be fooled: Project 2025 isn’t going away on 2024-08-01

FFRF urges IRS to revoke Catholic League’s tax-exempt status over election posts on 2024-08-01

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

FFRF and other groups request records related to Okla. biblical schooling mandate on 2024-08-01

FFRF delivers secular victory to Aurora, Ill., post office on 2024-08-01

Church partisanship warrants CRA scrutiny on 2024-08-01

Advance human rights and uphold the duty of religious neutrality: Pre-Budget 2025 response on 2024-08-01

Consent underlies religious and privacy rights: Our arguments for the BC Court of Appeal on 2024-08-01

The Power of Humanism: Building a Better Tomorrow at AHACON24 on 2024-08-01

Ask A Genius 1051: The Chris Cole Session on 2024-07-31

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

Ask A Genius 1036: Authenticity, Narcissism, and Politics on 2024-07-28

Nadia Ahmad on Decline in Muslim Representation in the DNC 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

Ask A Genius 1023: OCD and Taboo Comedy (Areas and Topics) on 2024-07-28

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

Hong Kíng-Bûn on War and Emergency Responsiveness on 2024-07-23

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

Tianxi Yu (余天曦) on Graduation, Work, and Hobby Tests on 2024-07-23

Hong Kíng-Bûn on Taiwan, Geopolitics, and Empire Histories on 2024-07-23

Jichojipya ThinkAnew, “Jichojipya Nsajigwa Profile Humanism Activism 2002 to 2017” (2018) on 2024-07-23

Rachel O’Leary Carmona on the Women’s March on the RNC on 2024-07-23

Global Aging Brains and Poor Literacy Skills on 2024-07-23

Violence’s Imaginarium: Informal Follow-Up to ‘War Is Hell’ on 2024-07-23

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

Neither ‘Higher Men’ Nor ‘Higher Women’: or, Everyone for Themselves in Self-Exploration on 2024-07-22

On Jordi Savall on 2024-07-22

Humanists International Policy Chronology 3: “Amsterdam Declaration 1952” on 2024-07-22

Ask A Genius 1018: JD Vance on 2024-07-22

Ask A Genius 1016: The Hot New Guy in Trump’s Town on 2024-07-22

Ask A Genius 1010: The Shooting Against Trump, Wishing Trump a Speedy Recovery on 2024-07-22

Ask A Genius 1005: Further Reflections on the Biden-Trump Presidential Debate on 2024-07-22

Ask A Genius 999: Human Rights Watch and Gender Equality Regression on 2024-07-22

Guardians of the Ethic: Bring in the Commander, Wrangle in the Troops on 2024-06-28

Humanist Canada calls for release of Nigerian Humanist President on 2024-06-28

Free Expression, Guaranteed Possession on 2024-06-28

Nigerian Freethinkers’ Lament: Inside the Society, Outside the Culture on 2024-06-28

Violence Hath Risen: Minor Exegesis on Religious Intolerance in Nigeria on 2024-06-28

Nigerian Freethinkers’ Lament: Inside the Society, Outside the Culture on 2024-06-28

Equal Time & Fair Treatment for the Non-Religious in Nigeria on 2024-06-28

Ask A Genius 979: The Never-Book “Dumbass Genius” on 2024-06-27

Ask A Genius 978: Immediate Pre-Debate Thoughts on Trump and Biden on 2024-06-27

Ask A Genius 971: The Landscape of Bullshitting on 2024-06-26

Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Crime on 2024-06-25

‘Nuclear War,’ a Book on 2024-06-25

Melanie Sakoda on Orthodox Clergy-Related Misconduct on 2024-06-24

Ask A Genius 970: Betting on Biden or Trump on 2024-06-24

Pith 911: Silvurntinings on 2024-06-23

Humanists International Policy Chronology 2: “Family planning” on 2024-06-23

Humanists International Policy Chronology 1: “Humanism and secularism” on 2024-06-23

People around the world want more climate change education in schools on 2024-06-23

This One’s Not About Flags Again on 2024-06-23

Humanists UK responds to faith school cap and special academies consultation on 2024-06-23

Creationism being taught in Welsh schools on 2024-06-23

Mark Drakeford highlights Wales’ humanist values at Humanists UK Convention 2024 in Cardiff on 2024-06-23

Success! Scottish Parliament votes to implement abortion safe access zones on 2024-06-23

Helpline heroes | Interview with Lya, Faith to Faithless volunteer on 2024-06-23

Labour Manifesto promises on 2024-06-23

FFRF applauds legislation to repeal Comstock Act on 2024-06-23

FFRF, coalition to file lawsuit against new Louisiana 10 Commandments law on 2024-06-23

FFRF persuades Robeson County, N.C., education board to stop prayer on 2024-06-23

FFRF puts Mississippi school district on secular course on 2024-06-23

Terrace caps property tax exemptions on 2024-06-23