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#29 Apr 25, 2025

The Secular Vote in 2024 (Part One)

Last week, I attended the American Atheists Convention in Minneapolis. Aside from meeting new friends, finally meeting…

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Secular Diversity

Secular Population Becoming More Racially Diverse The secular population in the United States is becoming more…

Read issue → #27 Apr 4, 2025

High-Profile Atheists Out of Step with Cohort on Trans Rights

Earlier this week was Trans Day of Visibility. Backbencher Atheism Horseman Jerry Coyne decided that a good way to…

Read issue → #26 Mar 28, 2025

Staying Secular

A significant cohort of secular folks has increased in the last decade. I call this cohort “cradle seculars.” These…

Read issue → #25 Mar 21, 2025

Is the Secular Boom Over? Not Yet

The Secular Boom Continues Pew's third Religion Landscape Survey shows that the Secular Boom (the fast growth among…

Read issue → #24 Mar 12, 2025

Secular Identity and Belief by the Numbers

Seventy-six Million In this post, I continue exploring Pew's third Religion Landscape Survey. My focus will be on raw…

Read issue → #23 Mar 5, 2025

Latino Politics and Religion Elsewhere

This week, some of my content on Latina/o/x politics and religion appeared in different fora. I had a radio interview…

Read issue → #22 Feb 28, 2025

Survey Landscaping and Email Housekeeping

The Pew Research Center released its third Religion Landscape Survey this week... here are some of my topline takes.

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