Dear Friend, As the Board Chair of American Atheists, I’m writing you today with some difficult news: Due to escalating threats to civil liberties, human rights, and international relations under…
Dear Friend, This week, the Trump Administration announced it will no longer fund the national suicide prevention hotline for at-risk LGBTQ+ youth, a service that has helped 1.3 million callers…
Dear Friend, When Victor Hugo finished writing Les Misérables, he was living in political exile, having been an outspoken opponent of Louis Napoléon Bonaparte’s self-coup and the subsequent dissolution of…
Dear Friend, The New York State Assembly is currently considering S 3486, which would require all hospitals to be transparent with patients about which services they provide — and which…
Dear Friend, Later this month will mark three years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in its landmark Dobbs decision. That ruling triggered dangerous abortion bans across the…
Dear Friend, In Washington this week, a group of Catholic bishops filed suit to overturn a new law requiring clergy to report suspected child abuse and neglect. Represented by Becket…
Dear Friend, This week brought a significant victory for public education and the separation of church and state, as well as some stark reminders of how perilously close we are…
Dear Friend, American Atheists’ policy team spent the week poring over House Republicans’ budget megabill. Today, let’s talk about the three most concerning aspects of this proposal and then do…
Dear Friend, One of the biggest stories this week was the white plume of smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel to signal the conclave’s selection of the new pope. Leo…
Dear Friend, Speaking from the White House Rose Garden at a National Day of Prayer event on Thursday, the President of the United States said: “They say, ‘separation between church…