MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 29 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: FFRF has awarded $35,000 in First in the Family Humanist Forward Freethought scholarships to eight students, thanks to the incredible generosity of FFRF benefactor Lance Bredvold. The students were selected by Black Skeptics Los Angeles (BSLA), an African American humanist-atheist-based organization. BSLA is the first secular humanist atheist organization to specifically address college pipel  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 29 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking for the removal of an unconstitutional Ten Commandments display at the Jefferson County Courthouse. FFRF was informed that a Ten Commandments display was recently installed at the courthouse in Mount Vernon, Ill. The display is nearly 6-and-a-half feet tall and sits in the center of the first floor lobby. The display includes a Protestant version  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 29 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging the Broadview Elementary School in Winchester, Tenn., not to allow prayer at the end of official gatherings. A concerned parent informed FFRF that the school principal concluded a parents, teachers and students meeting with Christian prayer on Aug. 2. The complainant recorded audio of the prayer, which was addressed to the Christian god and ended  more

MONONA, Wisconsin, Aug. 29 [Category: Economics] -- A Better Wisconsin Together, a state-based research and communications hub for progressives, issued the following news release: MADISON, Wis. Tonight, Donald Trump will make a stop in La Crosse for a town hall where he will speak directly with local residents, but try as he might, he won't be able to dodge just how out of touch he is on the issues that matter to Wisconsinites. Trump bragged about appointing the extreme right-wing Supreme Cour  more