Author: Adam Lee

Why are corporations using social-justice-themed messaging? Conservative pundits concoct sinister conspiracy theories, but the real explanation is much simpler: they’re going where the money is.

The Build Public Renewables Act takes New York State one big step toward a better future.

Vain, capricious, erratic, spiteful—these sum up the billionaires who dominate our headlines. Any ordinary person with normal amounts of intelligence and common decency could do a better job of being rich.

We’re part of nature, and we should embrace it. An occasional walk in the rain, letting yourself get wet on purpose, is a secular ritual that will remind you of the deep connection we all have to nature.

The libertarian mantra which asserts that gun ownership makes people more peaceful is more of a sick joke than ever after a rash of senseless shootings.

Morality isn’t a crumbling parchment that will fall to dust if we poke at it. It’s more like scientific knowledge, which actively benefits from constant testing and refinement.

Millennials are defying long-established patterns by getting older without becoming more religious or voting more conservative. It’s an unpleasant surprise for the American religious right.

Hell is at the center of evangelical Christian theology, more so than heaven or even Jesus. Without belief in hell and the exclusionary politics it inspires, Christianity would cease to exist.

If religion and philosophy are an attempt to comprehend the universe and the meaning of life, then science is the best portal. Guest article by author James A. Haught.

Big Tech companies eager to find the next big thing have latched onto AI chatbots—but they’re racing ahead of what the tech can actually do.