By Sonal Srivastava Should politicians use religion to garner votes from their constituencies in secular democracies? It is a million-dollar question with no real answer. While it is challenging to ...

Reacting a few days ago to President Donald Trump’s brief attempt to suspend payment on a broad swath of federal grants, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer warned that “virtually any organization, ...

Born Francois-Marie Arouet in 1694, this celebrated playwright, poet, essayist, and philosopher reinvented himself as simply ...

As the North Carolina General Assembly begins its 2025 session, lawmakers have many pressing issues to tackle. Topping the list will be addressing the immediate needs of Hurricane Helene victims ...

Secularism has long been viewed as integral to modernization due to its connection with the Enlightenment. The broad ...

Hong Kong student Andre Chung Cheuk-hei won a global essay competition organised by the John Locke Institute, beating contestants from all over the world earlier this month. The 14-year-old winner ...

Enlightenment 0.27, released this week, brings a wealth of incremental improvements to users of this unique desktop environment. Though not as well known or widely used as GNOME, Xfce, KDE Plasma, et ...

Award-winning Vancouver writer John Vaillant is very busy these days. Since the Los Angeles wildfires broke out on Jan. 7 the author of multiple-award winning book Fire Weather: The Making of a ...

John Mahama has been sworn in for a second term as Ghana’s president at a ceremony in the capital Accra, with around 20 African leaders in attendance. Mahama won 56 percent of the vote in the ...