Efforts by some abortion opponents to pass so-called “personhood amendments” have all failed and the strategy appears to have diminished as an effective weapon. These amendments are aimed at effectively ending legalized abortion by making destruction of an embryo at any stage and for any reason illegal. Even some allies of the anti-abortion movement say they are […]

Read a Jan. 4, 2013, New York Times story, “Pregnancy Centers Gain Influence in Anti-Abortion Arena.”

Read a July 2, 2010, New York Times article about the growing influence of Atheism in the world of technology.

Read a July 16, 2010, guest column about “evangelical atheists” on The Washington Post‘s On Faith blog. Reza Aslan is the author.

Read a CNN story on the Pew findings and the results in various religious groups.

Read a July 16, 2010, ABC News/Nightline story about a “de-baptism ceremony” at the American Atheists convention.

Jewish Funds for Justice works for economic justice, including affordable housing. Its national Tzedec program increases home ownership in low- to moderate-income neighborhoods by pooling low- and no-interest loans from Jewish philanthropists and reinvesting them in community development financial institutions. It has organized millions of dollars in real estate projects across the country and has offices in New […]

Listen to the Aug. 22, 2010, podcast of To the Best of Our Knowledge from Wisconsin Public Radio; the episode, titled “Losing Religion,” includes an interview with sociologist Phil Zuckerman about his research on Scandinavia, where religion plays a very limited role in society.

Read an Aug. 30, 2010, NPR story about the connection between human evolution and belief in the super-natural.