The millionaires who want to tax the rich
The nonprofit group Patriotic Millionaires has lobbied Congress and engaged in public education to raise the minimum wage and to raise taxes on the rich—on themselves.
Jonathan MS Pearce
Trump and his cult of cognitive dissonance
Trump is in legal hot water. But what will be more interesting for observers is not his reaction but that of his fervent followers.
UN Committee on Rights of the Child calls out religious bias in UK schools
While the UK may seem more secular than the US, the public education system is a good example of how this assumption is wrong.
Asking forgiveness from...God?
Crimes or harm to others can take on many different forms, but some can be particularly heinous. Far be it for me to constrain your imagination in detailing any such horrible harms. Instead,
Remember Tara Reade? Biden sexual abuse accuser defects to Russia
Back in 2020, news was rife with a sexual misconduct allegation involving Joe Biden and a former employee named Tara Reade. Even then, the timing of the allegation was seen to be politically
Mississippi removes 'In God We Trust' from license plates
The phrase "In God We Trust" was first included on US coins in the 1860s in order to “relieve [the U.S.] from the ignominy of heathenism,” according to Treasury Department
Supreme Court: 'a 7-2 conservative majority that would last a quarter century'
There is no doubting that Donald Trump was one of the most successful presidents in US history—which is saying something for a man who won only one term and lost the public
Does the Musk apple fall far from the tree?
In the freethought community, we like to think that evidence-based thinking is something we hold dear, and that conspiracy theory thinking should be met with rational skepticism. We also tend to shy away
Why doesn't the US census ask about religious identity?
As analysis of the data from the 2020 UK census filters into the public domain, a question arises: Why does the US census not ask questions pertaining to religion? Only about a quarter
The bothsidesism of Trump's CNN town hall
CNN hosted what has been seen by many as a disastrous television appearance of the Presidential nominee-to-be in an hour of lies and playing to a partisan crowd. And my, the crowd was
The many dilemmas of the war in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine is a deadly game of chess, and a series of dilemmas is distracting the players from making clear and decisive moves.
When Jesus became a star traveler
Across the Western world, the feast of the Ascension is coming up, celebrating the day Jesus rose up into heaven. It is the final story in his life that included him being killed