Weekly Policy Report by Edwina Rogers No Government Shut Down For Now House and Senate Happenings Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell scheduled a vote on Monday that would fund the government through December 11th thus preventing a government shutdown.  This was accomplished with only [...]
About the International Coalition Calls Every first Thursday of the month, the Secular Policy Institute holds an international coordinating call for its 300 members to discuss the future of the secular movement. Call for September 3, 2015 Here's the latest [...]
Weekly Fellows Update by Deanna Cantrell Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels- How Human Values Evolve is the newest book by SPI Fellow Ian Morris.  He presents a compelling new argument about the evolution of human values that has far-reaching [...]
Weekly Coalition News by Deanna Cantrell SPI is proud to welcome a new coalition into our ranks.  The Belgian Flemish Humanist Association are the official, state funded humanist, nontheist, secularist and free thinkers association!  We thank you, Yvan Dheur [...]
HENDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A watchdog group urges the Henderson County sheriff to remove "In God We Trust" from the department's patrol cars. On Monday, Henderson County Sheriff Brian Duke said he received a letter from the Freedom From Religion [...]
A recent survey conducted on behalf of the Rationalist Association of New South Wales and the Humanist Society of Queensland has found that only 14 per cent of Australians were influenced by their religious beliefs the last time they voted. [...]
Weekly Numbers Report by Deanna Cantrell Many nontheists experience some sort of misunderstanding or misconception regarding our way of thinking, lack of belief or code of ethics at least at some point during our lives.  Just yesterday, I was [...]
Weekly Policy Report by Edwina Rogers I met with HE Elena Poptodorova, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bulgaria to the U.S., to discuss the plight of the Bangladesh Freethought Bloggers.  Bulgaria has the highest approval rate for asylum seekers [...]
Weekly Policy Report by Edwina Rogers Today is the 228th Anniversary of the US Constitution (U.S. Air Force graphic) Does the US Constitution interest you? If you're an American activist, you may attend a Constitution Day [...]
On Friday September 25, Agenda invites you to look at societal development from a scientific viewpoint. In cooperation with the American think tank The Evolution Institute, we will place the Norwegian model into an evolutionary context: Is Norway the final [...]
