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Scientists are trained to deal with only that which can be proven, so naturally they deal exclusively with the physical world. Therefore, it is widely assumed that most scientists are atheists. A 20-year examination of scientists attitudes toward religion shows that assumption is largely accurate, one study showing that about 30 percent of responding scientists…
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Christian nationalism has nothing to do with Christianity and everything to do with extreme rightwing politics. It is the antithesis of true Christianity, but it also is the antithesis of America’s democracy. “Bad Faith” is a new documentary that exposes its intention to hijack the 2024 presidential election, destroy our democracy, and shape the United…
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The availability of affordable housing has become one of America’s most pressing problems, and small towns may be leading the way toward creating a solution. They are reclaiming the streets from the indignities of postwar planning policies, and are introducing better design, less car-centric sprawl, and localized innovation. Can Your Town Solve the Housing Crisis?…
You may think that you as an individual can’t do much to help the environment so there’s no use in trying. If so, Stanford University’s sustainability experts very much disagree with you. Here they offer eight simple, imaginative ways you can make a difference. Eight simple but meaningful things you can do for the…
Never before in our history has there been such a well-coordinated attack, including street-level rhetoric and political mobilization, on LGBTQ2+ people. But victims and their supporters are finding surprising success in beating back laws that are written against them, thanks to grassroots initiatives, organized spaces for resource-sharing, and informal networks of love and resiliency. Pride…
The owners of Stewart’s Shops, an ice cream chain in the Northeast, believe the company’s success is due to its employees – and showed their appreciation by making 175 of them millionaires. It’s a plan that worked well for Stewart’s, so it could be – should be? – copied by other chains. Convenience store wins…
There is very little difference between the book burnings carried out by Germany’s Nazis and the book bannings being promoted by American arch-conservatives, but such bannings are rapidly increasing all across America. Librarians are the first line of defense against the practice, but they need help, and independent publishers, informal advocacy networks, tight-knit social groups…
“How do we recalibrate the metrics of mainstream politics, such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP) often used to define a nation’s “success” — and recenter them on our collective and planetary wellbeing? What could a truly regenerative economy encompass, and what might that mean for our immediate and long-term activism? In our latest episode, we…
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WILD HOPE is a documentary film series available for viewing on WATERBEAR, a “free platform that brings inspiration and action together through award-winning, certified films and documentaries that you can stream at any time, and on any device for free.” “WILD HOPE provides heroes we can rally around, actions we can share, and optimism we…
In 1954, when the U.S. Supreme Court declared public school segregation was unconstitutional, thousands of all-white private schools opened across the South, hundreds of which still exist. Today, even though many of those schools are church based, state legislatures are finding ways to subsidize them. But the folks in the tiny town of Thomasville, Ala.,…