The worst things feminists have ever said
[ 4 minutes to read] Feminism has been one of the most consequential movements for human rights in modern history. Women…
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Freethinking students organize against religious coercion in U.S. public schools
[ 3 minutes to read] A growing number of nonreligious students in the United States are organizing to defend their right…
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What if Richard Dawkins really makes a deathbed conversion?
[ 5 minutes to read] Richard Dawkins has spent much of his life arguing that there is almost certainly no God….
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The Girls Who Never Came Back: Northern Nigeria’s Other Education Crisis
[ 6 minutes to read] In November 2025, armed men stormed a girls’ boarding school in Maga, Kebbi State, at 4am….
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The Fish Under the Chair: Four Boys Are Dead, and We Need to Talk About Why
[ 5 minutes to read] Their names were Abdulfatah Mohammed, 15. Yusuf Nuhu, 16. Buhari Iliyasu, 14. Ibrahim Muhammad, 22. On…
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Catholic abuse survivors get a point system for their trauma
[ 4 minutes to read] Imagine being sexually abused as a child by someone representing one of the world’s most powerful…
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Nearly 3,000 people publicly flogged under Taliban rule
[ 5 minutes to read] Public flogging sounds like something from another century. In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, however, it is happening in…
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Ruhollah Khomeini wrote about sex with children and animals. Perhaps he should have studied economics instead
[ 5 minutes to read] Ruhollah Khomeini is remembered primarily as the architect of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution and the founder…
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Should priests be allowed to keep child abuse secret?
[ 8 minutes to read] Imagine a man enters a church, sits across from a priest and admits that he has…
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Gross neglect of drug addicts in the US: Only celebrities are visible
[ 11 minutes to read] Hayden Panettiere was famous, successful and recognizable to millions. She was also remarkably open about addiction….
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Priests, pastors and predators: America’s continuing church abuse scandal
[ 12 minutes to read] For generations, American churches presented themselves as places where parents could safely leave their children. Priests…
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The world is normalizing the Taliban. Half of surveyed Afghan women barely leave home
[ 9 minutes to read] Five years ago, the Taliban marched back into Kabul. Governments condemned them. Western politicians promised that…
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Don’t want to die from a drug overdose? Pay for it in Latin American jails
[ 11 minutes to read] Latin America suffers from some of the world’s most serious problems with homicide, organized crime, extortion…
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The woman who stripped in protest: What Iran did to Ahoo Daryaei
[ 7 minutes to read] In November 2024, a woman walked through the grounds of Tehran’s Islamic Azad University wearing only…
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The spectrum of religious repression: From social pressure to death
[ 23 minutes to read] Religious repression does not always arrive with police officers, prison cells or executioners. Sometimes it arrives…
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Can religion turn gay people straight?
[ 8 minutes to read] Imagine discovering that you are gay and being informed that the solution is remarkably straightforward. You…
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What Heaven really looks like according to the Bible
[ 47 minutes to read] Few subjects have fascinated humanity more than heaven. Every civilization has imagined a paradise awaiting the…
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The media like the establishment: Another Watergate impossible?
[ 6 minutes to read] When the Watergate scandal forced President Richard Nixon to resign in 1974, it became the defining…
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Gender inequality: Innate or acquired?
[ 12 minutes to read] Few debates have generated more political heat than the origins of gender inequality. One side argues…
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Freethinkers in conservative political climates
[ 5 minutes to read] It is easy to be a freethinker in an environment where skepticism, scientific inquiry, and open…
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The evolution of Satan: A God’s servant and the Prince of evil
[ 20 minutes to read] You think you know him, of course. The red skin, the horns, the pitchfork, the tail….
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Midnight Megaphones: When Private Worship Becomes a Public Disturbance in Northern Nigeria
[ 2 minutes to read] Every year, when the final ten days of Ramadan arrive, many people in Northern Nigeria already…
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No Place to Hide: The Torture of Forced Fasting on the Open Road
[ 3 minutes to read] I left my house at 7:00 AM yesterday for an official assignment in a neighboring state…
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When search engines silence controversy
[ 4 minutes to read] At first glance, search engines appear neutral. They promise relevance. And they promise quality. They imply…
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Neuroscience behind immigrant integration
[ 4 minutes to read] Public debates about immigrant integration in Europe often revolve around economics, law, or cultural values. However,…
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Vatican and Royal Family: Are we living in the Middle Ages?
[ 6 minutes to read] We like to believe we live in a rational, secular, democratic age, we imagine crowns belong…
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Is arresting finished after Andrew? No, but yes for the big fish
[ 4 minutes to read] At first glance, the public story seemed to close itself. Jeffrey Epstein died in custody. Ghislaine…
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What kind of cards does Edward Snowden have?
[ 2 minutes to read] Let’s face it. We were naive and never expected that governments can be so evil and…
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The Shadows on the Porch: The Hidden Tyranny Within the Almajiranci System
[ 3 minutes to read] By: Irfan Bayei Every morning, before people even step out of their homes to face the…
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Can Freethinkers International challenge Jesus’ existence on X?
[ 3 minutes to read] At first glance, the question sounds bold. Can one organization, through posts on X, destroy the…
