3 Charts That Illustrate The Bleak Reality About Reproductive Rights In The U.S.

2014 wasn't a great year for proponents of abortion access.The post 3 Charts That Illustrate The Bleak Reality About ... Read more

U.K. And Germany Smash Wind Power Records

2015 will see more growth of the industry across Europe with political and regulatory decisions weighing heavily in the years ... Read more

West Virginia Alters Curriculum To Cast Doubt On Climate Science

One school board member didn't think the state should be teaching climate change as settled science. The post West Virginia ... Read more

BREAKING: California Governor Calls For 50 Percent Renewable Power

"The challenge is to build for the future, not steal from it."The post BREAKING: California Governor Calls For 50 Percent ...  Read more

A Nuclear Plant Leaked Oil Into Lake Michigan For Two Months Straight

The plant owners said there was "no evidence of oil in our reservoirs, in the lake or on the beach."The post A Nuclear Plant ... Read more

The Case Against In-Your-Face Atheism

When I began my blog on the Atheist Channel of Patheos, I thought I'd be able to show how someone can live a meaningful life without religious belief....  Read more

The benefits of a good night's sleep - Shai Marcu

It’s 4am, and the big test is in 8 hours. You’ve been studying for days, but you still don’t feel ready. Should you drink another cup of coffee and spend the next few hours cramming? Or should you go to sleep? Shai Marcu defends the latter option, showing how sleep restructures your brain in a way that’s crucial for how our memory works.
http://youtu.be/gedoSfZvBgE

MIT Science Prof Threatens to Undo Everything Religious Right Holds Dear

"...It doesn’t mean we should expect life everywhere in the universe — lack of a decent atmosphere or being too far from the sun still makes most of our solar system inhospitable for life with or without England’s perspective. But it does mean that “under certain conditions” where life is possible — as it is here on Earth, obviously — it is also quite probable, if not, ultimately, inevitable..."
http://www.alternet.org/belief/scientist-undos-wacky-creationism-claims

Sam Harris "How Christianity appears to non believers"

http://youtu.be/cbfAnZSRWNo

This Catholic Leader Had the Perfect Message for Parents of Transgender Children

"...Deacon Ray Dever of St. Paul Catholic Church in Tampa, Florida, wrote a personal essay on the topic and discussed his family's experience with having a transgender child..."
http://mic.com/articles/107654/this-catholic-priest-had-the-perfect-message-for-parents-of-transgender-children

Imagine No Religion 5

Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss head up a full weekend of amazing speakers in Richmond, BC June 5-7, 2015.
http://youtu.be/n5eJgEf_h9g

Downton Abbey explained for people who don’t watch Downton Abbey

After almost an entire year without the Dowager Countess (that's Maggie Smith to you uninitiated) throwing shade, Downton Abbey returns tonight on PBS...  Read more

Non-americans of Reddit, what American customs seem outrageous/pointless to you?

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TIL 52% of Americans can't afford the house that they are currently living in right now

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Ingraham Demands 'Gridlock' Over Obama's Poll Numbers: 'In Defeat... He's Setting The Agenda'

Conservative radio host Laura Ingraham on Sunday reacted to President Barack Obama's rising poll numbers by advising the Republican-controlled Congress that "gridlock" would help the country.
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Senator Pushes Keystone XL Pipeline With Egregiously Misleading Statistic

Supporters of the Keystone XL pipeline are still using the misleading claim that the controversial project will create 42,000 ... Read more

CBO at center of next Capitol Hill showdown

"We are also extremely concerned about the possible appointment of a new CBO Director who would use 'dynamic scoring' to hide the true costs of tax cuts or make critical government lending programs for students, veterans, small businesses, and others appear more costly than they actually are," they [Democrats] wrote.
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Bill Nye, Other Scientists Slam Media For Pretending Climate Change Deniers Are Just ‘Skeptics’

“The media has to sort of come out of this ethos that I think was in principle a good one, but it doesn’t really apply in science,” Tyson told host Brian Stelter. “The principle was, whatever story you give, you have to give the opposing view. And then you can be viewed as balanced.”

“You don’t talk about the spherical Earth with NASA, and then say let’s give equal time to the flat Earthers,” he added. “Plus, science is not there for you to cherry pick.”
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/12/10/bill-nye-other-scientists-slam-media-for-pretending-climate-change-deniers-are-just-skeptics/

Thanks Obama! GDP Grew 5% Last Quarter – Best In Over A Decade

"...All of these figures indicate a strong economy and a steady future for the US, which has seen repeated economic woes since the Great Recession of 2007-2009, the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression before World War II..."
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/12/23/thanks-obama-gdp-grew-5-last-quarter-best-in-over-a-decade/

Native Americans Put GOP On Notice: Keystone Pipeline Is ‘An Act Of War Against Our People’ (VIDEO)

“The Rosebud Sioux Tribe will not allow this pipeline through our lands. We are outraged at the lack of intergovernmental cooperation. We are a sovereign nation and we are not being treated as such. We will close our reservation boarders to Keystone XL. Authorizing Keystone XL is an act of war against our people.”
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/01/04/native-americans-put-gop-on-notice-keystone-pipeline-is-an-act-of-war-against-our-people-video/