Weekly Numbers Report by Deanna Cantrell ÔÇ£The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuriesÔÇØ --James Madison, founding father, [...]
Do you enjoy satire?  How about enjoy vampires?...I mean, what what vampires used to be before a certain franchise came in and made them all sparkly and lovable?  There is a movie being made that can revive the genre, whilst [...]
Weekly Coalition Update by Deanna Cantrell SPI Coalition member Central Colorado Humanists have a lot on their plate!  They are in need of volunteers to help with their food pantry, this is a monthly event occurring the first Wednesday and [...]
Weekly SPI Fellows Report by Deanna Cantrell Which language is going the way of Latin, Sanskrit, and Egyptian Hieroglyphics?  SPI Fellow John McWhorter answers this question and explores why a language that once was "the English of its time" [...]
The Weekly Policy Report by Edwina Rogers SPI Meetings On Asylum For Bangladeshi Freethought Bloggers Congressman Castro (D-TX 20th District) with Edwina Rogers, CEO SPI SPI is wasting no time now that Congress is back in session. [...]
The Weekly Numbers Report by Deanna Cantrell For many, including myself, science served as not only a resource to quench unending curiosity about the mechanics of the universe, origin of species, as well as countless other burning questions about [...]
Thursday, August 20, Illinois Governor Rauner signed the Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act. This is another example of the Illinois legislature passing unnecessary laws claiming to protect religious rights that are already protected by the Constitution. This new law does not [...]
Police in Bangladesh have charged five suspected Islamic extremists with the murder of an atheist blogger, one of four secular writers hacked to death in the south Asian state this year. Washiqur Rahman, 27, who wrote under a pen name [...]
This Week in Coalition Newsby Deanna Cantrell A memorial held by SPI Coalition Michigan Atheists will take place on Sunday, September 13 in celebration of the life of longtime former Director Arlene-Marie.  George Shiffer, the current director, said, "A [...]
Weekly SPI Fellows Update by Deanna Cantrell ÔÇ£They reject our religion and say we are not sufficiently Muslim, but they kill the men and rape the women. What kind of Islam is that?ÔÇØ says a refugee interviewed by SPI [...]
