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Clinton’s Failure to Confront Islamic Extremism Contributed to Her Loss

November 20, 2016 | by Tara Abhasakun | 2 Comments

Clinton could have offered a better alternative to the toxic political dichotomy between denial and anti-Muslim bigotry. But she didn't. Read more

Sound the Trumpet

November 16, 2016 | by Meridith Tax | 0 Comments

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, […] Read more

How Identity Politics’ Zero-Sum World Produced President Trump

November 14, 2016 | by Emile Yusupoff | 0 Comments

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. Read more

Trump is To Be Feared… But Should We See His Victory as a ‘Failure’ for Democracy?

November 13, 2016 | by Ollie Bell | 1 Comments

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 […] Read more

Donald Trump, You Still Don’t Speak for America. Here’s Why

November 13, 2016 | by Tara Abhasakun | 1 Comments

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 […] Read more

Interview with Rebecca Hale – President of The American Humanist Association

November 11, 2016 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

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 […] Read more

Cutting The Costs of Crime

November 11, 2016 | by Tal Tyagi | 0 Comments

By reducing re-offending, the annual criminal justice budget can be shrunk and more money can be made available for schools, hospitals and overseas aid Read more

Trump’s Victory is a Disaster for American Common Sense and Decency

November 9, 2016 | by Ivor Jones | 0 Comments

Things weren’t supposed to be this way. Hillary Rodham Clinton looked as if she was treading a sure path to the White House. All major pollsters and newspapers were projecting that America waking up to their first female President-elect was all but inevitable. Trump had simply fought too divisive a campaign to win over enough […] Read more

50 Shades of A-theism: A Compendium of Discrimination Against Atheists

November 8, 2016 | by Emile Yusupoff | 0 Comments

It may seem hyperbolic to describe atheists as an oppressed minority from the standpoint of living in a Western secular liberal democracy. However, from a global perspective, and even in developed countries that purportedly cherish freedom of belief, atheists face endemic and systemic legal and cultural discrimination, even to the point of death based on […] Read more

Interview with Tehmina Kazi

November 6, 2016 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

Tehmina Kazi is an activist, writer and author based in Ireland. Tehmina was, until mid 2016, the Director of British Muslims for Secular Democracy (a position she took up in May 2009). British Muslims for Secular Democracy aims to raise awareness within British Muslims and the wider public, of democracy particularly ‘secular democracy’ helping to contribute to […] Read more