Bangladesh authorities say they have arrested the prime suspect in the murder of American blogger Avijit Roy who was hacked to death on a Dhaka street last week. The person, Farabi Shafiur Rahman, had called for Avijit Roy's death in [...]
A┬áBBC poll gauging sentiments in BritainÔÇÖs Muslim community following the Charlie Hebdo massacre found that more than a quarter harbor some sympathy for the motives behind the Paris attacks that left 17 people dead. A similar number, 24 percent, suggested [...]
The weekly update on the SPI Fellows by Madeline Schussel SPI Fellow Michael Shermer, Skeptic magazine founder and author of The Moral Arc, interviewed with Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman of the Huffington Post earlier this week. The content of their discussion, as [...]
The weekly report on US and World public policy by Edwina Rogers Secular Policy Institute Holds White House Meeting On Wednesday, February 25, I met with staff of the Domestic Policy Council to introduce the institute as a resource and [...]
By Greg Neimeyer, Ph.D. While the U.S. economy may have improved, money continues to be a top cause of stress for Americans, according to the most recent annual survey, Stress in America: Paying With Our Health, released by the American [...]
A Pew Research Center poll carried out in November 2014 has shown that out of the total 390 million people on the continent, the number of atheists in Latin America is currently at an all-time 60 million high. WhatÔÇÖs more? [...]
An activist atheist group is attacking the congressional prayer caucus, and itÔÇÖs out for blood. The American Humanist Association sent a letter to newly elected members of Congress imploring them not to join the congressional prayer caucus, saying the caucus [...]
We made a big push in our first month to build the SPI coalition, with 246 groups now having joined! And now we're turning our attention to engaging with member groups. We want to hear your project proposals and brainstorm [...]
Turkey's largest religious minority -- the Alevi community -- is joining forces with atheists to protest mandatory religious education for students as young as 5. The Alevi are the second-largest religious community in Turkey, comprising as many as 15 million [...]
The weekly update on the SPI Fellows by Madeline Schussel SPI Fellow Phil Zuckerman, Pitzer College Professor of Sociology and Secular Studies and author of Living the Secular Life: New Answers to Old Questions, spoke this week with interviewer Patt Morrison of [...]
