Ken Ham of AnswersInGenesis ministries may look like Cornelius from the original planet of the ape series, but he is the kingpin of dogmatic pseudoscience propaganda, who’s organization is at the center of science denial for every other peddler of religiously-motivated snake-oil around the world. Next week, he’ll be opening another affront to reality in […]
SCOTUS Strikes down abortion restrictions that create undue burden
Good News from the Supreme Court for those in need of an abortion. The Daily Beast reports the Supreme Court in a decisive 5 to 3 ruling has struck down Texas’s HB2 that enacted Targeted Restriction of Abortion Providers or TRAP laws. In Texas had the decision been upheld it would have shuttered most of the abortion […]
SCOTUS to rule soon on undue burden on abortion clinics
The US Supreme Court ruling on Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt from Texas’s HB2 that enacted draconian restrictions on abortion providers may come down as soon as Monday. What will the Supreme Court ruling on whether abortion TRAP laws (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) like TX HB2 mean for pregnant people across the country? Aron Ra […]
House Democrat Sit In Comes to an End Now What?
Perhaps House Democrats have decided they have made their point about the importance of passing a gun legislation bill and have ended their takeover of the House floor and adjourned. “It is late,” House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer said at 3:36 a.m., just after leaving the floor. “The House is adjourned.” He added, “We will be […]
House Democrats in Seventh Hour of Sit In over Gun Legislation
In the wake, of the largest mass shooting in American history in Orlando that caused the death of 49 LGBTQ Lantinx Americans, House Republicans staunchly refuse to even bring proposed gun legislation to a vote. In this election season, it is all too convenient to not have your name attached to a no vote on not […]
My Social Justice
This is not the subject I’d rather focus on. But I need to address some things, and I’d rather do it all at once. The reason I joined American Atheists is because I’m an activist: I could have been satisfied with making videos in my spare time just for their entertainment or educational value, and […]
Disappointing Democracy
I’ve heard from a number of Hillary supporters who want to “make history” by electing the first female president. The ones I’ve heard from don’t seem to know Clinton’s policies or her history; they say they’re voting for her simply because she is a woman. Some go even further and say that anyone who doesn’t […]