Interview with Ali Raza – Kurdish Artist
Ali Raza is an artist from Kurdistan. Ali Raza talks about growing up in the Iraqi-Iranian war, and how human rights can be ratified in art.
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The Siege of Aleppo Has No Easy Answers
Eighty-two men, women and children shot on the spot. Homes and buildings bombed to smithereens to create a landscape reminiscent of Dresden. Innocents blasted into oblivion by indiscriminate ‘air strikes’ or trapped under tonnes of rubble. Children freezing to death in the Syrian winter cold, their young minds shaped irreparably by the trauma of war. […]
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Prophetic Christianity and its ‘Doom-contents’ in Africa
The image of a South African pastor spraying his congregation with a pesticide called Doom during a ‘healing session’ has sparked a wave of outrage and condemnation across the world. This self-proclaimed prophet, Lethebo Rabalago, heads a church called Mount of Zion General Assembly in Limpopo province. A member of his congregation had an eye infection and […]
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Interview with Dana L. Morganroth - Advisory Board Member and Vice President of CFI-Pittsburgh
Dana L. Morganroth is an advisory Board-Member and Vice President of CFI-Pittsburgh, and a Board-Member and Vice President Sunday Assembly Pittsburgh. What began the interest in critical thinking, science, and scepticism for you? During high school, I was an active member of a Christian youth group that spawned the Willow Creek Community (mega) Church outside […]
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Clinton’s Failure to Confront Islamic Extremism Contributed to Her Loss
Clinton could have offered a better alternative to the toxic political dichotomy between denial and anti-Muslim bigotry. But she didn't.
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Sound the Trumpet
This article is originally featured on the Open Democracy 5050 website Trump offered white voters the illusion they could prosper. We have to offer all our people a way to move forward together and save the planet. In the weeks leading up to Nov. 8, as the election loomed like a cloud about to burst, […]
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How Identity Politics’ Zero-Sum World Produced President Trump
Political correctness and identitarianism were not the sole causes of President Trump. But, the antagonistic zero-sum thinking they have employed certainly had a role to play.
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Trump is To Be Feared… But Should We See His Victory as a ‘Failure’ for Democracy?
Now that the dust has settled there is time for reflection. A consensus seems to have been reached in the liberal media: the Democrats put Trump in the White House. The liberals have now accepted at least some of the responsibility. Backing Clinton was a mistake. She epitomised the political establishment – the opposite of […]
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Donald Trump, You Still Don’t Speak for America. Here’s Why
59,204,408 Americans voted for Hillary Clinton to be their next president. 59,058,307 voted for Donald Trump. 146,101 more Americans voted for Clinton than Trump. So why, then, is Trump scheduled to sit in the Oval Office as the United States’ 45th president come January 20th, 2017? The United States does not select winning candidates based […]
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Interview with Rebecca Hale – President of The American Humanist Association
Rebecca Hale was elected president of the American Humanist Association in 2013. She is co-owner of EvolveFISH.com, the popular online store of atheist, humanist, and pro-science merchandise, and co-founder of the Freethinkers of Colorado Springs. Rebecca became a member of the American Humanist Association in 1996 and served as vice president from 2005 to 2012. She is a frequent […]
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