The Cowardice of Bill Maher’s Anti-Muslim Bigotry The Cowardice of Bill Maher’s Anti-Muslim Bigotry
What is brave about expressing an opinion that’s already held by a plurality of Americans?
Oct 23, 2014 / Omar Ghabra
Why It’s Time to Repeal the Religious Freedom Restoration Act Why It’s Time to Repeal the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
The law, passed in 1993 with near-unanimous support, has become an excuse for bigotry, superstition and sectarianism.
Jul 30, 2014 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Spied On for Being Muslim Spied On for Being Muslim
A new investigation by The Intercept reveals how racist anti-Muslim neocons are driving the nation’s law enforcement agenda.
Jul 10, 2014 / Moustafa Bayoumi
It’s Official: Corporations Are Religious People It’s Official: Corporations Are Religious People
The Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision is a victory for the forces of nonsense.
Jul 9, 2014 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow
If Christian Corporations Have Religious Rights, What About Muslim Prisoners? If Christian Corporations Have Religious Rights, What About Muslim Prisoners?
The US government has until Tuesday evening to explain to a federal judge why men held at Guantánamo do not have the same religious freedoms as Hobby Lobby.
Jul 8, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Obama’s Evangelical Gravy Train Obama’s Evangelical Gravy Train
Despite the president’s promise to cut funding to discredited HIV and pregnancy prevention programs, taxpayer dollars are still bankrolling anti-gay, anti-choice conservative relig...
Jul 8, 2014 / Andy Kopsa
What the Right Misses About Islamic Extremism: A Conversation With Saba Ahmed What the Right Misses About Islamic Extremism: A Conversation With Saba Ahmed
Last week Saba Ahmed became yet another Muslim punching bag for the right, who refuse to listen to her game-changing plan to fight extremism.
Jun 25, 2014 / Hannah Harris Green
How ENDA Still Allows Discrimination Against LGBT Workers How ENDA Still Allows Discrimination Against LGBT Workers
The religious exemption in the current version of ENDA would enshrine the idea that LGBT equality is incompatible with the free exercise of religion.
Jun 20, 2014 / Tobias Barrington Wolff
Supreme Court OKs Christian Prayer at Government Meetings Supreme Court OKs Christian Prayer at Government Meetings
After today's egregious Supreme Court decision, expect a lot more sectarian prayer at local government events
May 5, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Goldberg
Beneath Our Facade of Rationality Beneath Our Facade of Rationality
There’s always a cauldron of crazy simmering just beneath the surface of our ‘rational’ lives.
Apr 1, 2014 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow