On Wednesday, March 29, “Midmorning” on Minnesota Public Radio, 91.1 FM, presented an interview and dialogue between Minnesota Atheists public relations representative August Berkshire and Northwestern College professor Ronn Johnson. A lively and thoughtful exchange, including calls from listeners, gave the Read more
President George W. Bush said the following in an interview with German newspaper BILD: “The President’s job is never to promote a religion. The great thing about America—and Germany, for that matter—is that you should be able to worship freely. Read more
The University of Minnesota’s newspaper, The Minnesota Daily, recently released a survey of the religious beliefs of U of M students. 7.5% of those surveyed responded that they were atheists and 14.9% said they were agnostics. This in spite of Read more
Michelle Goldberg, a senior writer at the online magazine Salon and author of the book, Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism, has written a sobering piece on the erosion of civil rights in appeasement of a Christian worldview and Read more
In a powerful piece for The Nation, Katha Pollitt has crystallized the consequences of allowing religious interests to control human sexuality. Her case in point: suppression of a vaccine against cervical cancer because the religious right fears it will encourage Read more