Dan Arel's Blog, page 5
January 30, 2017
Boy Scouts announce they will allow transgender boys to join troops
In one of the last bigoted policies holding the Boy Scouts back, the national organization made a monumental announcement Monday.
Secular Coalition condemns Donald Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’
More groups continue to speak out against Trump's ban on Muslim immigration into the United States.
January 29, 2017
Donald Trump filed for re-election 5 hours after his inauguration and it may matter
Why does Trump's filing for the 2020 election matter already?
January 27, 2017
Watch this Trump-approved ‘voter fraud’ expert get destroyed on CNN
What evidence does the man behind the voter fraud claim have to prove his case?
January 26, 2017
Kentucky bill seeks to make the bible part of public school curriculum
Is teaching the bible as an important historical context beneficial to high school students? These two Republican lawmakers think so.
Animal Liberation and Atheism: A conversation with activist Kim Socha
Is it contradictory to hold a position of humanism and still eat meat? We explore the topic on this week's episode of the Danthropology Podcast.
January 25, 2017
Non-violence in the face of the alt-right
A counter viewpoint to the question of should we be okay with punching Nazis?
January 23, 2017
Should we be okay with punching Nazis?
Many argue that Nazis should never be punched, do their arguments hold up against scrutiny?
With an Executive Order Trump makes his first attack on abortion rights
Only four days into his presidency and Trump has issued yet another Executive Order.
January 22, 2017
Republicans introduce bill to remove the United States from the United Nations
A bill introduced by House Republicans would cancel the United States membership in the UN.
