This past April, I was at a conference at Miami University in Ohio where Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the fantastically brave, inspiring, and completely maddening feminist opponent of Islam, was the keynote speaker.
Why are American taxpayers forced to subsidize the billionaire Koch brothers' massive campaign contributions to Republican Party politicians, the Tea Party movement, and policies that ensure greater subsidies to the Kochs, while cutting more public services to the taxpayers who …
Japanese officials early Saturday expanded the area around a crippled nuclear power plant subject to emergency evacuation, as radiation levels inside the facility were reported to have surged and operators struggled to keep the plant's cooling system operating on battery power.
TOKYO — An 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan on Friday, the strongest ever recorded in the country and one of the largest anywhere in the last century.
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – What happens when you put a Muslim imam, a Christian priest, a rabbi and a Buddhist monk in a room with 10 atheists?
The atmosphere was half party, half work Friday as dozens of builders and other workers converged on the Green Bay home of a severely injured soldier.
SEATTLE — An innovative program that takes homeless alcoholics off the street and gives them a place to live without requiring them to stop drinking is saving taxpayers more than $4 million a year in emergency social and health programs, according to a study released Tuesday.
Mounting layoffs and tumbling stock prices are creating economic anxiety and forcing many people to cut back on charity, but the nation's woes also are inspiring people to make generous gestures to acquaintances, employees and even strangers.
Local news outlets love a few things: giant pumpkins, animals that raise each other across species lines, and inanimate objects that may or may not look like the son of God.
WHITE PLAINS - A United Methodist church in the city that has been at the forefront of calling for the full inclusion of gays and lesbians in Christian and civil life has invited the region's largest gay community center to share its church building.
Humanism has not initiated any private discussions.