WASHINGTON (RNS) Organizers of the new Freethought Equality Fund political action committee claim there are more than 24 nontheists in Congress, although only Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., publicly ...

More than 29,000 people visit the Women’s Rights National Historical Park each year, where they sit on the wooden pews in the faded brick Wesleyan Chapel where, in 1848, 100 activists signed the first ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

He came from a Pentecostal/Church of Christ background and spent his college years as a Bible major at a private Christian university in Arkansas. Now he’s a gay atheist/socialist on a mission to open ...

Four Democratic congressmen on Monday launched a congressional caucus they said would center on fostering “science and reason-based solutions” and “defending the secular character of our government.” ...

Last week the Folsom Cordova Unified School District allowed a flyer to be electronically sent out to parents publicizing “Bring your Bible to School Day.” Days later, a Sacramento secular group took ...

Scott Rhoades will be spending part of this weekend in congregation with like-minded individuals. No, he won't be in church. Far from it. Rhoades, of Manheim Township, is the founder of the Lancaster ...

SENECA FALLS, N.Y. (RNS) Settlers transformed West-Central New York into a hotbed of radical social and religious ideas, including Mormonism and Spiritualism. A new Freethought Trail highlights the ...