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Countries such as Saudi Arabia hide behind a Declaration of Human Rights in Islam, which isn’t about human rights at all.

Atheists don’t live up to the myth about their being angry. Rather they get blamed for the anger that even gentle atheist commentary stirs in some believers.

Postmodernism is inclined to embrace the Islamic State’s demand for submission and its reliance on terror. This is not a virtue!

Christian writer C. S. Lewis is not right; he is just much better than you are at inventing literary comparisons.

America is riding the secular wave that previously swept Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia, and other advanced democracies.

Calling all freethinkers to honor Robert Ingersoll on his birthday, August 11.

Since 2014, Free Inquiry has carried full-page advertisements presenting hard-hitting messages challenging religious belief and promoting the secular humanist outlook.

Letters from the June/July 2015 issue of Free Inquiry.

If we can no longer rely on the Supreme Court to protect the church-state wall, Americans who care about public education may need to do it themselves.

Free will makes no sense, and growing numbers are concluding that it can’t be true. Is society ready for that?

Growing up without fundamentalism equipped this Texan to resist its dubious appeals.

A review of Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution, by Mona Eltahawy.

A review of Inventing a Christian America: The Myth of the Religious Founding, by Steven K. Green.

A review of How God Works: A Logical Inquiry on Faith, by Marshall Brain.

Fresh from his Supreme Court victory, Hobby Lobby President Steve Green has a terrifying plan to Christianize America. And he has enough money to push it through.

Fundamentalists who think that they want a return to “old-time religion” should think again.

Christians cannot look to the Bible to provide an internally consistent Easter narrative.

An invitation for readers to speak their minds on the enduring crises of the Middle East.

The author of this article charges that recent letters about Israel have crossed the boundary between legitimate criticism and discrimination.

Humanistic principles must be applied in understanding and solving the crisis in the Middle East.

Expressing opposition to Israeli’s policy’s and actions regarding the Palestinian people does not make one anti-Semitic.

Israel may mean well, but it is—unavoidably—built on discriminatory principles that most secularists would abhor in any other context.

Nothing in history, international law, or secular humanism requires withholding sovereign nationhood from Israel while allowing it for countries (and would-be countries) that oppose Israel’s existence.

Sound science and secularism are firm allies; that’s why the recent merger into CFI Inc. is not only wise but necessary.

The recent merger into CFI marks a culmination of two movements’ histories.

Charlie Hebdo can be subjected to criticism but should not be blamed for the tragedy that befell it.

Condemning the Charlie Hebdo assassins while praising Saudi Arabia’s late King Abdullah makes no sense—they’re on the same side.

The massacre at Charlie Hebdo highlights not only the menace of religion but also the shortcomings of liberalism.

How might a follower of Jesus write about the events surrounding his death? Be prepared for some surprising revelations.

Letters from the April/May 2015 issue of Free Inquiry.

As the world groans under the weight of human numbers, the defense of abortion rights matters more than ever.

It would be a mistake to consider the works of Sinclair Lewis irrelevant to modern times and freethought’s role.

Two subtle lines of evidence appear to verify that the anonymous and anti-monarchical Junius Letters of 1769–1772 were penned by none other than Thomas Paine.

Surrounded by sexual abuse, this Primitive Baptist found her church as near to hell as she would ever get.

In the popularity of fundamentalism, we may be witnessing the same reaction to science that befell traditional, entrenched religion throughout American history.

Recent events (including terrorist repression of the author’s new book) provide yet more confirmation of religious faith’s viruslike character.

Published before the Islamic attack on the office of Charlie Hebdo, this book takes on even greater relevance in the massacre’s wake.

Phil Ryan’s new book, After the New Atheist Debate, is an invitation to move past the vitriol and to open a dialogue between believers and nonbelievers.

A poem from the April/May 2015 issue of Free Inquiry.

A world-renowned author and activist explains why women can be free and thrive only in secular societies.