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Religion-Affiliated Institutions Try to Have It Both Ways With Your Taxes and Your Birth Control

By Bridgette Dunlap / RH Reality Check

When Catholic colleges and universities seek federal funding, they claim not to be controlled by religious orders. When it comes to contraception, though, it's a different story.

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Are the "New Atheists" Bigoted Tools of Empire?

By Murtaza Hussain / Al Jazeera

10 Craziest Things Pat Robertson Has Said

By Amanda Marcotte / AlterNet

A Crucifixion in Memphis: The King Assassination and What We Know Now

By Mark Thompson / AlterNet

Transcendental Meditation: How I Paid $2,500 For a Password to Inner Peace

By Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

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Adventures in Menstruation: Time to Dump Those Silly Taboos

Janet Allon / AlterNet

Have Militant Atheists Created a New Religion?

Frans De Waal / W. W. Norton & Company

Atheists Beware: If You Want Your Packages Delivered by the USPS, Don't Label Them 'Atheist'

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

Priest to Plead Guilty to Selling Crystal Meth

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

5 Religious Leaders Who Gave Up the Faith and Became Outspoken Atheists and Agnostics

Amanda Marcotte / AlterNet

How a Modern Inquisition, With the Help of Pope Francis, Stifled the Movement Protecting the Poor

George Monbiot / Monbiot.com

Religious Trauma Syndrome: How Some Organized Religion Leads to Mental Health Problems

Valerie Tarico / AlterNet

The Osmonds Hate Gay Marriage

Mary Elizabeth Williams / Salon.com

4 Things You Should Know About Your 'Third Eye'

Scott Thill / AlterNet

University of Colorado Hires 'Scholar of Conservative Thought': Is it Just Affirmative Action for Right-Wingers?

Paul Harvey / Religion Dispatches

Right Wing Plays Victim Card With False 'Religious Liberty' Complaint

Francis DeBernardo / AlterNet

Are Americans Too Stupid For Democracy?

Joshua Holland / AlterNet

Dear White Christian America: Jesus Wasn't a White Surfer Dude

Chauncey DeVega / AlterNet

You Wouldn't Believe How Fast Americans Are Losing Their Religion -- But the Fundamentalists Have a Plan

Adam Lee / AlterNet

Will Pope Francis End Vatican's Obstructive Role at U.N.?

Jon O'Brien / AlterNet

The New Pope's Disturbing Past -- Revealing Francis's Ties to Abduction of Priests

Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Horacio Verbitsky / Democracy Now!

What It Means that the New Pope Is a Jesuit

Katie McDonough / Salon

New Pope Or Not, Americans Are Losing Their Religion

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

Cardinals Elect a New Pope from Argentina -- Does the New Pontiff Come with a Dark Past?

Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

AlterNet Comics: Keith Knight on the Papal Conclave

Keith Knight / AlterNet

“Pedophilia Ring” in Evangelical Church? Ministry Accused of Ignoring Sexual Abuse

T.F. Charlton / Religion Dispatches

Anti-Gay Cardinal Lives Above Europe's Biggest Gay Sauna

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

11 Most Absurd Lies Conservatives Are Using to Brainwash America's School Kids

Amanda Marcotte / AlterNet

Mormon Church Rewrites Its Racist History

Joanna Brooks / Religion Dispatches

Kentucky Seeks to Legalize Discrimination Against Gays Based on Religious Beliefs

Alex Kane / AlterNet

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