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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Donald Trump may inspire and beat his family
[ 4 minutes to read] There are politicians who defend the traditional family. Then there are politicians who apparently need the…
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Russia arrests prominent palliative-care advocate over anti-war stance
[ 4 minutes to read] Russia has prosecuted one of the country’s best-known advocates for terminally ill children because she publicly…
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They won’t admit Jesus didn’t exist. It is the opium of the people
[ 2 minutes to read] The establishment will not admit the truth. The media will not say it. Rich interest groups…
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Mussolini would have been proud: Italy’s far right is moving into the political establishment
[ 5 minutes to read] Italy knows better than almost any European country what can happen when extreme nationalism stops being…
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Netanyahu will probably never end up in The Hague
[ 4 minutes to read] Freethinkers International readers may have been spot on. When we recently asked whether Israeli Prime Minister…
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Where did belief in God decline? And the sad news: The 21st century will still be a century of religion
[ 6 minutes to read] For anyone expecting religion simply to disappear as education, science and technology advance, the first decades…
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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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There is no “me”, only a network of neurons
[ 9 minutes to read] We wake up every morning with an extraordinarily convincing impression. There is someone inside our heads….
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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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More than 100 British and French diplomats say Palestine is being erased. Will their governments act?
[ 8 minutes to read] There is something unusual about diplomats abandoning diplomatic language. More than 100 former senior British and…
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Born Guilty: The History of Witchcraft Accusations Against Children in Northern Nigeria
[ 5 minutes to read] In March 2024, a young boy in Alkaleri Local Government Area, Bauchi State, reportedly lost his…
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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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Iran’s execution machine is accelerating
[ 8 minutes to read] Iran does not merely execute people convicted of murder or other violent crimes. It executes political…
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Israel finally admits its troops killed Hind Rajab. Any accountability?
[ 7 minutes to read] For more than two years, the killing of five-year-old Hind Rajab stood as one of the…
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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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Nigeria’s Muslims and Christians agree on something: Stop dividing us
[ 8 minutes to read] Nigeria is often described through its divisions. Muslim north and Christian south, Hausa and Fulani, farmer…
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The social media utopia: What if people started collaborating?
[ 8 minutes to read] Social media promised to connect humanity. Instead, it often became extraordinarily efficient at sorting humanity into…
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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 situation in Afghanistan now: Five years under the Taliban
[ 16 minutes to read] Five years ago, on August 15, 2021, Taliban fighters entered Kabul. Afghanistan’s Western-backed government collapsed with…
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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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Would brutal human rights abuses in Iran stop with regime change?
[ 13 minutes to read] There are many ways to discuss Iran. We can talk about nuclear weapons, uranium enrichment, Israel,…
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Tech Bros: One algorithm elects president
[ 7 minutes to read] “Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally…
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Elon Musk: The tech elite’s biggest mistake
[ 6 minutes to read] What exactly connects Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Larry Page? On the surface, the answer appears…
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The Medicine Men: How Unregulated Drug Sellers Endanger Public Health in Nigeria
[ 8 minutes to read] Go to any bus stop in Kano, Bauchi, or Kaduna. You will find him. He has…
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Ceuta: Dehumanizing refugees and shooting them is not enough
[ 4 minutes to read] The debate surrounding Ceuta has become about far more than border security. It has exposed a…
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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…
