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…
As you know, our new strategic plan is out, and in the last couple of weeks, my colleagues have started to share our thinking behind each theme of the plan. Building capacity is the term of the day, and for good reason: You can’t build a strong future on a shaky financial foundation. Our work…
How Democracies Die explains how dangerous it can be for an executive branch to target political opponents with investigations and stifle them with litigation under the guise of national security. It’s happened here before—from the House Un-American Activities Committee to COINTELPRO to the USA Patriot Act. Now, we’re seeing it again in proposals to reform…
WEBINAR PRECONCEIVED: A DEEPER LOOK INTO THE DARK SIDE OF CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTERS JUNE 27, 8:00 PM ET We are hosting a special screening and follow up discussion with our expert panelists. Crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) pose as medical facilities when they are, in fact, anti-abortion organizations that utilize bullying and misinformation to prevent pregnant…
It is undeniable that our secular government is under attack. We face an ascendent white Christian nationalist movement, a renegade Supreme Court more concerned with imposing religion than upholding law, and a growing populism that disdains the very idea of democracy. Every day, we learn about betrayals of our fundamental constitutional principles by lawmakers who…