The weekly report on US and World Public Policy by Edwina Rogers New Secular Policy Institute Resources New SPI guides have been added to our library of resources: Religiousness by US State Religiousness by US Country Deadlines to submit resolutions to [...]
The weekly update on SPI coalition members by Johnny Monsarrat We've reformatted the Secular Policy Institute coalition list to show our 268 members more clearly, including the nearly 50 national and international groups. We've also built a dedicated benefits page [...]
By Greg Neimeyer The mid-century discovery of antibiotic medications represented an epic scientific advance against bacterial infections and death. But it didn't take bacteria long to begin to fight back. The first counter-offensive was something of a surprise, with the [...]
New guidance published by National Health Service England, the country's all-encompassing government health care, will require hospitals to consider the needs of non-religious patients by ensuring they have access to appropriate pastoral care. The National Secular Society cautiously welcomed the [...]
In politics, sometimes itÔÇÖs what you donÔÇÖt talk about that matters. Democrats and Republicans planning their political campaigns for 2014 and 2016 may be focusing on the Hispanic demographics in the United States, but perhaps they should turn their focus [...]
The weekly update on the Secular Policy InstituteÔÇÖs Fellows by┬áMadeline┬áSchussel Last week, SPI Fellow Elham Manea, Professor at the University of ZurichÔÇÖs Institute for Political Science, solidified publication plans for her next book, Women and Shari'ah Law: The Impact of [...]
Young voters are increasingly secular. To grow the youth vote, Republicans face a challenge in keeping religious conservatives on board while expanding their reach to atheists and the 'religiously unaffiliated.' Conservatives made history this year. For the first time, an [...]
SPI at CPAC - The Secular Policy Institute hosted at table at the annual Conservative PAC event at the National Harbor.  SPI CEO Edwina Rogers is photographed on the right discussing the importance of separation of religion and government with two Liberty University [...]
The weekly update on SPI coalition members by Johnny Monsarrat SPI coalition member Rationalist International is starting an eBook publication on a wide variety of secular topics. The first book is a secular analysis of the Hindu holy text Bhagavad [...]
By┬áGreg Neimeyer In an unprecedented finding, scientists have now observed a direct connection between the rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide and an increase in the amount of thermal radiation that strikes the EarthÔÇÖs surface. The finding confirms a keystone [...]
