Memorial Day is one national holiday that leaves many feeling somber as we remember friends, family, and others who have lost their lives for our nation — the one we call free. I enlisted in the Army as a 68C Practical Nursing Specialist in 2017, back when I was still a devout Christian. When I…
WEBINAR PUSHING BACK PRIVATIZATION AND ADVOCATING FOR SECULAR SCHOOLS JUNE 4, 8:00 PM ET School privatization has become a big business in many states, as states like Arizona, Iowa, Florida, and others have passed universal voucher laws. These laws have the potential to fatally undermine public education by diverting taxpayer dollars to private, religious schools….
Stephen Hawking once gave a simple answer as to whether there was a God – Harry Fletcher – May 20, 2024 – Indy100 Professor Stephen Hawking says he “fits a sterotype of a disabled genius” but that he is “not a genius like Einstein”, describing his Black Holes theory as a “eureka moment”.
Although religious belief is correlated with climate change denialism and less commitment to the environment, Catholics, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, and Evangelical Christians have all issued calls for better environmental stewardship. And yet, on Wednesday, as Key West was experiencing a record heat index of 115°F, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis disappeared climate change, effective July 1….
This week, the board overseeing the third-largest school district in Texas voted to remove 13 chapters from five science textbooks. The subjects deemed “controversial” by all but one of the Cy-Fair ISD trustees included vaccinations, cultural diversity, human growth and development, climate change, and humans’ impact on the environment. The decision to omit these materials…
On Thursday, President Biden issued a proclamation declaring a National Day of Prayer. He did so as every president has since 1952, in accordance with a federal law requiring the President to “set aside…a suitable day…on which the people of the United States may turn to God in prayer…” In 1988, Congress decided the most…