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National Atheist Ad Campaign Targets Black Community
2/02/12 - The Christian Post
African Americans for Humanism Launch Awareness Campaign
2/02/12 - care2
Atheist Billboard Targets African Americans
1/31/12 - KDFW FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth
Indiana to Consider Creationism in Public School Curriculum
1/27/12 - The Christian Post
Is the end near? Opinions vary on Mayan calendar, doomsday
1/08/12 - Las Vegas Review-Journal
End of Mayan calendar spurs big boom in end-of-world business
12/31/11 - New York Daily News
Tom Flynn, the Anti-Claus
12/24/11 - The Secular Outpost
Scientists say Shroud of Turin authentic, of supernatural origin
12/23/11 - Digital Journal
Do Atheists Hate Christmas?
12/23/11 - Tucson Citizen
A beacon of hope: The importance of light in religion
12/23/11 - USA Weekend
Was Holy Shroud created in a flash? Italian researchers resurrect claim
12/22/11 - msnbc.com
Editorial: Country club owner’s decision to ban prominent atheist unfortunate
12/22/11 - Heritage.com
CFI Mourns the Death of Christopher Hitchens
12/17/11 - Peace, Earth & Justice News
Demon Dog: Olga Horvat Claims Her Poodle Was Possessed–And She’s Got Something To Sell You
12/15/11 - The Huffington Post
Poets Carl Dennis and Sherry Robbins read at the Center for Inquiry tonight
12/07/11 - The Buffalo News
The Unbelievers
11/25/11 - The New York Times
Simon Hoggart’s week: believing in the bard
11/25/11 - The Guardian
Center for Inquiry investigation concludes NCCAM needs to go
11/23/11 - Doubtful Newsblog
The Mystery of the Five Wounds
11/18/11 - Smithsonian.com
Religious Colleges Choose Not to Recognize Secular Student Groups
11/07/11 - The Christian Post
UFO At NFL Game: TV Camera Captures Strange Object In Flight During Broadcast
11/01/11 - The Huffington Post
Paranormal Technology: Gadgets For Ghost-Tracking
10/31/11 - NPR All Things Considered
Are They Real?!
10/30/11 - The Post-Journal (Jamestown)
Do you believe in ghosts?
10/30/11 - CBS Sunday Morning
Editorial: Club owner should have checked group’s mission
10/29/11 - The Macomb Daily
Embrace secularism; keep religion out of politics
10/18/11 - The Washington Post
Wyndgate Country Club Bans Richard Dawkins
10/14/11 - About.com
Club cancels talk by Richard Dawkins
10/12/11 - United Press International
Richard Dawkins banned from speaking at a Michigan country club after they find out he’s an atheist
10/12/11 - Daily Mail Online (UK)
Atheist Richard Dawkins snubbed by Detroit area country club
10/12/11 - Detroit Free Press
Behind the billboard: Jesus signs are man’s message to motorists
10/05/11 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Coroner says Irishman died of “spontaneous combustion:” Blarney?
9/27/11 - CBS News
Mysterious Death Ruled Spontaneous Combustion
9/27/11 - FOXnews.com
Living without religion
9/22/11 - The Washington Post
A sign for those who live without God
9/21/11 - The Herald-Sun
Citizen Petition calls on US FDA to review regulation of homeopathic drugs
9/18/11 - Citizen Petition calls on US FDA to review regulation of homeopathic drugs
A billboard nonbelievers can believe in
9/18/11 - The Buffalo News
Atheists address sexism issues
9/15/11 - USA Today (RNS)
Do Atheists Have A Sexism Problem?
9/15/11 - HuffPost Religion (RNS)
Panelists at discussion on atheism: No faith, no problem
9/15/11 - mlive.com
Athiesm billboard draws local attention, controversy
9/15/11 - Grand Valley Lanthorn
Billboard Debate
9/14/11 - Ferris State Torch
Letters: Don’t censor billboards
9/13/11 - The Knoxville News Sentinel
Living without Religion, Living with Anxiety
9/12/11 - skepticfreethought.com
Living Without Religion Campaign” to Expand
9/12/11 - msnbc.com
“Living Without Religion Campaign” to Expand
9/12/11 - WKBW Ch 7 Buffalo
Falls billboards spark controversy
9/12/11 - YNN Buffalo
ADAMCZYK: Onward, (insert identifying adjective here) soldiers
9/09/11 - The Tonawanda News
Atheist Billboard in Grand Rapids Generates Surprising Controversy
9/06/11 - The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science
God Billboard Turning Heads On Highway
9/01/11 - 101.3 Fox
How To Talk To Your Kids About Controversial Topics
8/31/11 - Chicago Tribune
“You Don’t Need God” Billboard Causes A Stir In Grand Rapids
8/31/11 - Channel 95.7 Best Mix
‘You don’t need God’ billboard is posted along U.S. 131 by atheist group
8/31/11 - MLive.com
CFI and CSI Petition FDA to Take Action on Homeopathic Drugs
8/31/11 - The Radical Humanist
God billboard turning heads on highway
8/31/11 - NBC WOOD TV 8
“You Don’t Need God” billboard on US 131
8/31/11 - WZZM 13 ABC Grand Rapids
Atheist Billboard Hits Grand Rapids
8/31/11 - Freethoughtblogs.com
Billboard Stirs Up Controversy
8/30/11 - FOX 17 Grand Rapids, MI
Why Was This Atheist Billboard Rejected by EMC Outdoor in Knoxville?
8/28/11 - Friendly Atheist
Billboard to bear ad favoring nonbelief
8/26/11 - The Buffalo News
Paranormal Investigation: From Big Foot to Aliens
8/17/11 - Huffington Post
Joe Nickell, Ph.D.
8/17/11 - Huffington Post
Paranormal Investigator Joe Nickell Reveals the Truth Behind Modern Cryptozoological Myths
8/12/11 - io9
How Does a Skeptic Understand the ‘Paranormal’?
8/05/11 - The Washington Post - On Faith Guest Voices
The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart on Ground Zero cross
8/05/11 - The Washington Post
Monster Mania
8/05/11 - The Buffalo News
Young and Skeptical
8/04/11 - East Aurora Bee
Are Ghost-Hunting Shows Real or Faked?
7/31/11 - E! Entertainment Television, LLC
Magazine of the Months - Skeptical Inquirer
7/26/11 - Denver Public Library
Creationism Controversy Again Slips Into Texas Textbook Debates
7/21/11 - msnbc.com
Teachers Fight Ballot Question to Allow State Money to go to Religious Groups
7/20/11 - The Palm Beach Post
What Would a ‘Conscious Judaism’ Look Like?
7/13/11 - Huffington Post
The Right Word: The godlessness of golf
6/23/11 - Guardian News and Media
Ingersoll Museum Starts Season With Rare Artifacts
5/27/11 - Finger Lakes Times
Doomsday predictions no laughing matter for some
5/26/11 - USA Today
Hoax Site Distressing for Victims of Shooting
5/25/11 - The New York Times
Rapture reactions
5/21/11 - FOX 17 Grand Rapids, MI
Group claiming today is Judgment Day awaits Rapture, others gear up for celebration
5/21/11 - The Grand Rapids Press
Is the world going to end today?
5/21/11 - FOX 17 Grand Rapids, MI
Man predicts the end of the world
5/20/11 - WZZM 13 ABC Grand Rapids
Will the world end on May 21st? One man’s prediction
5/20/11 - WZZM 13 ABC Grand Rapids
Facing Misery: Confronting Illness, Even Death, without a Prayer
5/16/11 - South Florida Sun Sentinel
“Things to do” in Western New York
5/13/11 - The Buffalo News
My Take: Why we fear Friday the 13th
5/13/11 - CNN
Friday the 13th: somewhere between religion and superstition
5/13/11 - The Washington Post
Report of bin Laden’s death spurs questions from conspiracy theorists
5/02/11 - The Washington Post
The Face in the Shroud
4/30/11 - MSNBC
Obama’s release of birth certificate does little to allay ‘birther’ fears
4/27/11 - The Washington Post
Chip Coffey: Sixth sense, showbiz or both?
4/23/11 - Miami Herald
Spirituality can bridge science-religion divide
9/12/10 - USA Today
Healing? It’s more urgent to understand the problem
9/08/10 - "On Faith" Newsweek/Washington Post
Relax. Cellphones and WiFi are safe
9/07/10 - National Post
Study investigates power of prayer in healing
9/03/10 - TimesDaily
Atheists have a place in discussions on faith
8/23/10 - Ottawa Citizen
A nonreligious way of thinking
8/21/10 - Daily Journal
Atheists campaign for ‘right’ to blaspheme religion
8/17/10 - Religion News Service
Save energy, self-discover at home
8/11/10 - "On Faith" Newsweek/Washington Post
Sarah Palin Jinxed by Kate Gosselin?
8/05/10 - E-Online
Professor takes origins debate on the road
7/24/10 - Guelph Mercury
Balancing rights and prudence: A mosque near ground zero?
7/21/10 - "On Faith" Newsweek/Washington Post
"His philosophy? Live life to the fullest," says Paul Kurtz
3/31/08 - Buffalo News
Church-state battle heads to the ballot
3/27/08 - Miami Herald
Think tank takes operation overseas
1/17/08 - Business First
CFI Toronto's Justin Trottier debates meaning of Holiday Season, reflects on New Year
1/3/08 - The Globe and Mail
Atheists put their faith in backlash of politics
12/24/07 - Washington Times
"Removing Religion from Holidays a Tall Order"
CFI’s R. Joseph Hoffmann
12/23/07 - NPR’s Weekend Edition
"Education and Evolution in Texas"
Chris Castillo Comer credits the Center for Inquiry
12/07/07 - NPR’s Science Friday
Think Tank Will Promote Thinking, Advocates Want Science, Not Faith, at Core of Public Policy
11/15/06 - Washington Post
CFI-Ontario's Justin Trottier debates "The Golden Compass"
12/03/07 - The Globe & Mail
"Golden Compass" is viewed by some as an attack on Christianity
12/11/07 - The Buffalo News
Dan Gardner "For the glory of God"
11/15/07 - The Ottawa Citizen
Putting faith in call for rain
11/13/07 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Heathens Take Manhattan: Blog coverage of CFI's New York City Conference
11/20/07
Report from the Secular Society Conference: Blog coverage
11/11/07
Paul Kurtz interviewed on Skeptics Guide to the Universe, podcast
11/14/07
"God and Man at Harvard" by CFI's R. Joseph Hoffmann
12/16/07 - Soma Review
Paul Kurtz and others on Antony Flew: "The Turning of an Atheist"
11/04/07 - New York Times
The Nonbelievers
9/16/07 - Boston Globe
In America, Nonbelievers Find Strength in Numbers
9/15/07 - On Faith, Washington Post
Scientists Feel Miscast in Film on Life’s Origin
9/27/07 - NY Times
Most Americans think founders wanted Christian USA
USA Today
CFI's John Shook discussing positive psychology and religion on NPR.
NPR
NPR on Positive Psychology
NPR
Commentary on Paul Kurtz
NPR
CFI goes to the Galapagos Islands
Paul Kurtz on Secularism (Podcast)
Ditching God: Emboldened atheists at the Centre for Inquiry in Toronto, Ontario
CFI plays key role in Associated Press Broadcasters Association's annual award
Profile of CFI-New York City's Derek Araujo
Ibn Warraq profile
5/16/07 - World magazine
Ronald Aronson on "The New Atheists
5/07/07 - The Nation
Council for Secular Humanism receives kudos in "Among the Disbelievers"
5/28/07 - The Nation
Where angels fear to tread (CSER's Jesus Project)
4/08/07 - Ottawa Citizen
Fighting for the Soul of Islam: How a decades-old crisis of authority affects the campaign against terrorism
4/08/07 - US News & World Report
Center for Inquiry Opens Branch in Toronto
10/03/07 - The Globe and Mail
Revision for the Greatest Story Ever Told?
2/27/07 - Jay Tolson, U.S. News & World Report
Reasonable doubt: As religion takes centre stage, rationalists are fighting back
3/05/07 - Ottawa Citizen