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There Are No Small Battles

From the Richard Dawkins Foundation Newsletter. Subscribe here. Hello! As they say, “there are only so many hours in a day.” Modern life makes it very difficult to keep up with our own to-do lists, much less everything else going on in the world. We need to prioritize to maintain our sanity from day to day. …

OPEN DISCUSSION AUGUST 2024

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When ‘Sleepwalking’ Turns to a Full Sprint

From the Richard Dawkins Foundation Newsletter. Subscribe here. Hello! What a difference a few weeks can make. Last month in this space, I noted a warning from California Representative Jared Huffman of the Congressional Freethought Caucus, who wrote that the United States is “sleepwalking into theocracy.” Since then, the sleepwalk has turned into a full sprint …

OPEN DISCUSSION JULY 2024

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Protecting the Things That Matter Most

From the Richard Dawkins Foundation Newsletter. Subscribe here. Hello! Fundamental human rights—especially our right to free expression—don’t typically flourish under theocratic regimes. Science is a powerful tool for stripping theocrats of their power; when people understand the evidence-based explanations for how the world works, they no longer need the religious version. And when they see concrete …

OPEN DISCUSSION JUNE 2024

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‘The Courage to Follow the Evidence’

From the Richard Dawkins Foundation Newsletter. Subscribe here. Hello! The UK’s National Health Service recently released The Cass Review, an independent report intended “to make recommendations on how to improve NHS gender identity services, and ensure that children and young people who are questioning their gender identity or experiencing gender dysphoria receive a high standard of …

OPEN DISCUSSION MAY 2024

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Words Matter When Seeking the Truth

From the Richard Dawkins Foundation Newsletter. Subscribe here. Hello! Confronting the kinds of problems that the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science was created to address—such as the spread of anti-science attitudes and the intrusion of religious beliefs on the rights and freedoms of nonbelievers—requires us to utilize many different tools. Language may be foremost …

OPEN DISCUSSION APRIL 2024

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