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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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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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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Whipping, cutting fingers and worse: What Russians and Ukrainians do to their own people
[ 11 minutes to read] Wars are usually narrated horizontally. Russians kill Ukrainians, Ukrainians kill Russians, missiles cross borders, armies capture…
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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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Is “misogynistic” America ready for president AOC?
[ 9 minutes to read] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has spent much of her political career being treated as simultaneously too young, too…
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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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Who Owns the Land? The History Behind Nigeria’s Farmer-Herder Crisis
[ 6 minutes to read] In May 2023, over 130 people were killed in Mangu Local Government Area, Plateau State, in…
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Americans think the US spends 25% on foreign aid. It spends 1%
[ 6 minutes to read] Ask the average American how much of the federal budget goes to foreign aid, and the…
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The Almajiri Pipeline: How a Centuries-Old System Became a Recruitment Ground for Extremism in Northern Nigeria
[ 5 minutes to read] The Boy on the Road He is easy to miss. He stands at a junction in…
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The Silence of the Emirs: How Northern Nigeria’s Traditional Rulers Have Failed Their People
[ 8 minutes to read] The Meeting That Changes Nothing In May 2025, the governors of all 19 northern states gathered…
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The secret psychology of dictators
[ 8 minutes to read] Dictators do not emerge randomly. They emerge from deep psychological mechanisms rooted inside human evolution, fear,…
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The decline of truth in the information age
[ 4 minutes to read] The information age does not simply expand knowledge. It reshapes how truth functions. Data multiplies. Sources…
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The Silent Killer: How ‘Islamic Medicine’ Sellers Are Deceiving My People
[ 3 minutes to read] If you go to any market in Northern Nigeria today, you will notice something strange. You…
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Newton had an IQ of 187, yet would be an atheist in our age
[ 6 minutes to read] Isaac Newton was an extraordinary historical figure, but historical greatness does not translate automatically into modern…
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Violence wants cameras, not justice
[ 3 minutes to read] This is exactly what these POSs really want: attention.Not justice, not ideology. Not truth. Visibility. First,…
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The quiet destruction of human empathy
[ 4 minutes to read] Empathy once held societies together. It guided tribes, softened instincts, and turned survival into cooperation. It…
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The politician who mentions atheists – And what happens
[ 6 minutes to read] Atheists are among the least spoken groups in political life. Politicians refer to every kind of…
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We should be thankful we are ruled by the elites
[ 6 minutes to read] Elites provoke resentment. They hoard influence, they protect their own circles, and they rarely face the…
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Death in their country or on the boat?
[ 5 minutes to read] For millions of people, the choice is brutal and final. Stay in their homeland and die…
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Kirk, hidden killers, millions will die because lack of health care
[ 4 minutes to read] Donald Trump calls for the death penalty for the worst criminals. He frames it as strength,…
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Where Rationalists Go Wrong: Stop Sharing Facts — Start Changing Minds
[ 2 minutes to read] Rationalists, skeptics, freethinkers — we love facts. We collect them, share them, throw them like darts…
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History of Chinese disregard of human rights
[ 12 minutes to read] China’s ascent to global power dazzled the world. With record-breaking infrastructure, a booming tech sector, and…
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How can science know? Here’s everything you need to know
[ 10 minutes to read] People have always asked what is true. But few stop to ask how we know. Science…
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How far can nationalism go? And its fake origin
[ 5 minutes to read] Nationalism often begins harmlessly. A song. A flag. A map on a school wall. It speaks…
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Freethinkers International substitutes governments
[ 4 minutes to read] A global government would be the most logical path. Shared humanity, shared planet, shared responsibilities. It…
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Convincing to be atheist? IQ and fallacies prevail
[ 6 minutes to read] People often assume that religious belief disappears once intelligence rises. They imagine that with enough education,…
