The weekly report on US and International policy by Edwina Rogers Planned Parenthood Defunding Bill Fails   A vote in the Senate on legislation that would have barred all federal funds for Planned Parenthood failed on Monday.  The issues stems from [...]
The Weekly SPI Fellows Update by Julie Esris Fans of the classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee are equally excited and infuriated about the publication of Lee's "lost" novel, Go Set a Watchman. Marketed as a sequel, Watchman reveals that Atticus-- the lawyer [...]
The weekly report on research and demographics of the secular movement by Julie Esris This past week, The Huffington Post reported on Leah Vincent, author of Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood. VincentÔÇÖs memoir chronicles her [...]
Get past the name. ItÔÇÖs a bit of a red herring, and if it offends you, well, the Satanic Temple of Detroit doesnÔÇÖt mind. On Saturday night, the group unveiled a 9-foot statue of Baphomet ÔÇö the idol the Knights [...]
The weekly report on the SPI Coalition by Julie Esris Secular Policy Institute is proud to introduce two new Coalition members, both in Arizona: Freedom from Religion Foundation-- Valley of the Sun Chapter (FFRF): Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this wonderful secular [...]
The weekly report on US and International policy by Edwina Rogers Secular Policy Institute Campaigns To Save The Lives Of The Nigerian Nine Sentenced To Death - Meeting With President Muhammadu Buhari In D.C. Please join the Secular Policy Institute and other [...]
Last October, a federal trial judge in San Juan upheld Puerto RicoÔÇÖs constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. But all that changed when US Supreme Court judges legalised gay marriage this summer, and Puerto Rico ÔÇô an American territory ÔÇô was [...]
The Weekly SPI Fellows Update by Julie Esris Why has Europe and, more recently, America, been the dominant world power? The answer is not immediately obvious, and only a good understanding of history will provide us with the answer, argues historian, [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C.ÔÇöToday, the Boy Scouts of America announced that the National ┬áExecutive Committee unanimously approved a resolution allowing gay adults to serve as employees and volunteers. ┬áA vote by the National Executive Board, the Boy ScoutsÔÇÖ governing body, is set [...]
The weekly report on the SPI Coalition by Julie Esris SPI Coalition Member Conway Hall hosts another exciting discussion in its London Thinks event. This time, they talk about artificial intelligence. Is it achievable? Is it ethical? What role does humanism [...]
