American Atheists has long opposed school privatization policies, including vouchers, which divert public dollars from public schools to private — and almost always religious — schools. We’re not alone: American voters have never, not once, not in any state voted to enact or expand a voucher program. Despite their unpopularity, every state except North Dakota…
Navigating the Legal Landscape: Common Questions for Atheist Activists July 25, 8:00 pm ET Join us for an informative webinar where we tackle some of the most common legal issues atheists face and explore whether they are actionable in the current legal climate. Our presentation will provide clarity on issues such as the separation of…
A week later, the motivation and political leanings of Trump’s would-be assassin remain an enigma even to the nation’s top investigators. Yet it was only hours after Tom Crooks fired an AR-15 and grazed the now-nominee’s ear when prominent conservatives took to X to blame the act of political violence on Trump critics. Among the…
Navigating the Legal Landscape: Common Questions for Atheist Activists July 25, 8:00 pm ET Join us for an informative webinar where we tackle some of the most common legal issues atheists face and explore whether they are actionable in the current legal climate. Our presentation will provide clarity on issues such as the separation of…
American Atheists has been sounding the alarm about Project 2025 for quite some time. This week, it’s been all over the news, and that’s a good thing: Voters need to know what’s at stake this November. The surge in media attention prompted Trump to distance himself from the Heritage Foundation’s “Mandate for Leadership,” denying he…
We’ve all heard the same tired, lazy, and outright bigoted tropes about atheists: “So you don’t believe in anything?” “How can you possibly be a good person?” “I could never be arrogant enough to call myself an atheist.” Too many of us have had to experience the real-world effects of this bigotry in our classrooms,…
As you know, European colonists began migrating to America to escape religious persecution and seek religious freedom. Of course, religion was used here, too, as a cudgel to discriminate and kill “heretics” and “heathens.” The sometimes brutal conflicts between religious sects (namely but not only Protestants and Catholics) contradict Christian nationalists’ claim that this was…
I’m going to let you in on a little secret: I’m one of those people who enjoys musicals. One of my favorites is Ragtime, and one of its songs says: “Your sword can be a sermon or the power of the pen… Go out and tell your story, let it echo far and wide, make…
Two days after the Oklahoma Supreme Court decisively rejected what would have been the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school, the state’s top education official has declared that every public school classroom, grades 5-12, have a Christian Bible and that every teacher incorporate the religious text into their curriculum. According to State Superintendent Ryan…
Unfortunately, I have to notify you that we, American Atheists, along with Planned Parenthood, have been sued in an Arizona court by the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF). Through this lawsuit, FFRF is attempting to obtain a substantially larger portion of a shared bequest that was divided among American Atheists, FFRF, Planned Parenthood, and the…