Melissa Krawczyk
Skeptic, Humanist, Atheist. Critical thinking, science & human rights. Studying Arabic. Secular Rescue. @RichardDawkins Translations Project Director.
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Armin Navabi
Zara Kay - an ExMuslim activist - made some posts with the #AwesomeWithoutAllah hashtags which got multiple death and rape threats. She posted screenshots of the threats on Facebook to bring about...
Exemptions Surge As Parents And Doctors Do ‘Hail Mary’ Around Vaccine Laws
In California, medical exemptions to skip childhood vaccinations are on the rise. The trend underlines how hard it is to get parents to comply with vaccination laws meant to protect public safety w…
The California senator fighting for the strictest vaccination laws in the US
Richard Pan has faced death threats and harassment from anti-vaxxers but says in an interview: ‘Science is true, whether they believe it or not’
The last speech of Ronald Reagan as president was on immigration
Video from montclair immigration network
Melissa Krawczyk
A significant contrast to today. 😢
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The Anti-vaccine movement isn't about evidence. It's about who to trust.
We’re seeing lower vaccination rates and increase in vaccine-preventable illnesses. This post explores the social consequences of the anti-vaccine movement.
Deconverted
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. A former religious radio host raised in the cradle of Christianity, Seth Andrews, battled his own doubts for many years. His attempts to reconcile faith and the facts led him to a conclusion previously...
How to Have Impossible Conversations
"This is a self-help book on how to argue effectively, conciliate, and gently persuade. The authors admit to getting it wrong in their own past conversations...
The world before vaccines is a world we can’t afford to forget
Measles is now resurgent in the United States and many other countries. Historical amnesia is partly to blame.
Bite Their Smiling Heads Off | Center for Inquiry
Emma Green at The Atlantic explores how LGBTQ rights are in a total muddle five years after Obergefell, which seems to have convinced many Americans that this "fixed everything." Also, Green interviews Ben Howe, an evangelical and former RedState...
Yasmine Mohammed: Confessions of an Ex-Muslim
The UBC Free Speech Club is delighted to host Yasmine Mohammed
Canadian human rights activist, Yasmine Mohammed, advocates for the rights of women living within Islamic majority countries, as well as those who struggle under religious...
Click here to support Help Skyler Heal organized by Lynda Lencioni Hamilton
Cheri and Keith Mencke’s son Skyler was in a serious motorcycle accident in Bali, Indonesia. As he was going through an intersection, a van pulled out and then stopped in the middle—he was forced to brake and swerve to avoid hitting that van and...
Melissa Krawczyk
My cousin was just in a terrible accident in Bali. 😱😭 I donated to 'Help Skyler Heal' - gf.me/u/uud2pp via @gofundme
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The Cameron Boyce Foundation
The Cameron Boyce Foundation carries on this Disney actor's legacy by supporting causes of peace, ending gun violence and supporting clean water.
Ägyptischer Atheist in Deutschland: „Ich will den Islam mit Fakten widerlegen“
Er wollte nur offen sagen dürfen, dass er nicht an Gott glaubt, wurde dafür mit dem Tod bedroht. Jetzt musste er sein Land verlassen.
Children of undocumented immigrants arrested in Mississippi rely on strangers for food and shelter
Following this massive illegal immigration enforcement many children of those arrested across the state are now left homeless with nowhere to go. 12 News Alex Love went out to Forest, Mississ…
Kyrgyzstan ends statelessness in historic first
In a breakthrough in the global fight against statelessness, the Kyrgyz Republic has today become a leading example of how statelessness can be eradicated
Humanists UK trains hundreds of Home Office asylum staff
Humanists UK has completed a series of training sessions with Home Office staff responsible for assessing asylum claims on how to identify non-religious claimants, on the persecution of non-religious people around the globe, and on the particular...
The Problem with ‘Fixers’
<p>In April, Neha Dixit, a journalist in India, received an email from a professor at Northwestern University. The subject read, “Fixer needed.” The message: “My colleagues and I are working on a story about illegal organ trafficking in India and...
Dubai ruler's wife 'in hiding in UK'
Princess Haya, a wife of Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum, is said to have fled in fear of her life.
'We're anti-influencer': Ice cream truck makes Instagram 'stars' pay double
Joe Nicchi has had enough of self-proclaimed ‘influencers wanting free cones for publicity. Now he’s the one going viral