Dear Friend, Much of the coverage regarding Tuesday’s election results focused on California’s redistricting proposition, gubernatorial gains in New Jersey and Virginia, and Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York City…
Dear Friend, Across the country, politicians are working to restrict Americans’ access to abortion, gender-affirming care, and even accurate health information. New York has the chance to continue leading the…
Dear Friend, After the USDA announced it would stop funding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits beginning today, attorneys general from 25 states and Washington, D.C., sued to prevent a catastrophic shutdown,…
Dear Friend, As you know, politicians across the country are trying to force the Ten Commandments and the Bibles they come from into public schools. Nowadays, they’re not even pretending…
Dear Friend, In normal times, when a senator calls you out by name on the U.S. Senate floor, you might feel a mix of excitement and pride. I don’t need…
Dear Friend, Last week, I had the pleasure of meeting fellow atheists in Oregon and Washington, and the honor of speaking at California Freethought Day. The people I met out on…
Dear NYC Atheists Inc., “We took the freedom of speech away,” said the President of the United States this week. In another, simpler time, we might’ve dismissed that as a…
Dear Friend, As you know, one of our nation’s bedrock principles — what Thomas Jefferson famously called a “wall of separation” between church and state — is under siege. Defending…
American Atheists is looking for a National Field Organizer. Fully remote, salary $45-50k, benefits include unlimited paid sick leave; more than 30 days of vacation and holiday leave (including a week-long…
Dear Friend, Just when you thought things couldn’t get more surreal, this past week’s headlines proved otherwise. The top stories ranged from the alarming to the absurd. Here’s what happened:…