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Twitter: Reinstate Atheist Republic

Earlier this year, Twitter suspended the account of Atheist Republic (@AtheistRepublic) for unspecified violations after complaints from the Indian government. In the letter below, Robyn Blumner, president and CEO of the Center for Inquiry, and Richard Dawkins, CFO board member and founder of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science, write to request that …

Dawkins on the Overturning of Roe: “They Think It’s Murder”

In an essay exclusive to Free Inquiry, Richard Dawkins responds to the likely overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court, and the roots of anti-abortion fanaticism found in Catholic dogma. Why are they so fanatical about this one issue, eclipsing, as it does, all others? It is because they really think abortion …

OPEN DISCUSSION MAY 2022

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OPEN DISCUSSION APRIL 2022

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Intolerance of Inquiry, Failures of Imagination

From the Richard Dawkins Foundation Newsletter. Subscribe here. Hello! A few days ago, Raif Badawi walked out of his prison cell.  A progressive Saudi writer, Badawi was arrested in 2012 on charges of “insulting Islam” and apostasy for daring to question religion and criticize the Saudi Arabian government through his website. The Center for Inquiry (CFI) …

VIDEO: Paul Offit on Medical Risk

We live in an unprecedented age of medical marvels, but success never comes free. In his third appearance on Skeptical Inquirer Presents, renowned virologist Paul Offit discussed the ideas behind his new book You Bet Your Life, explaining that the path to each medical advancement is paved with failures and risk.  “I wrote this book knowing …

Dreaming of Mars and the Aliens Who Aren’t There

There is no evidence that Earth has ever been visited by extraterrestrials, yet many people are firmly convinced that aliens are among us. A team of researchers at California State University, Fresno, led by psychologist Matthew J. Sharps, set out to understand the psychological traits that influence a person’s beliefs about alien visitations and abductions. …

Raif Badawi Released from Prison

On Friday, March 11, global human rights activist Ensaf Haidar made a stunning announcement: her husband Raif Badawi, imprisoned in Saudi Arabia since 2012, had been released. In 2014, Badawi was found guilty of “insulting Islam” and given an egregious sentence: seven years in prison, which was soon increased to ten; a ten-year travel ban …

Carl Sagan’s Call to Enlightenment

Astronomer Carl Sagan left an inspiring legacy, sharing his love of science through his bestselling books, scientific work, and his groundbreaking series Cosmos. Robyn E. Blumner, executive director of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science, reminds us that Sagan’s legacy and his passion for reason and discovery are also carried on by a magazine …

Greenwashing God

In the latest issue of Free Inquiry magazine, journalist David Mountain says that while environmentalism has often enjoyed the support of religious leaders, he worries about the pernicious influence of superstition over environmental activism.  “Whenever environmentalism has allowed itself to be guided by spirituality,” he writes, “it has become lost in the inconsequential backwaters of New Age …