United States - Rationale Magazine

04 Jul

A century on from Scopes trial, America’s culture war over evolution and creationism rages on

The 1925 Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evoluti...

30 Apr

Law & Politics

Staying woke

There is a war on the word ‘woke’. It is now used in a derogatory way to dismiss concerns about lack of social justice. Yet, it is a si...

25 Feb

Law & Politics

As Christian nationalism’s new figurehead, Trump inspires Australia’s extremes

The first days of Trump’s second presidency have passed with a flurry of tariff standoffs and literal turf wars with Greenland, ...

22 Feb

Law & Politics

Three reasons why Australia is unlikely to follow Trump’s anti-trans campaign

22/02/2025
By Paula Gerber
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Many people’s heads are spinning at the rapid rate that Donald Trump has been signing executive orders since becoming president – 70 in...

14 Feb

Law & Politics

The ‘Musk-eteer’ dismantling America

14/02/2025
By Paul Monk
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Elon Musk has been a shooting star. His ambitions and his energy have been awe-inspiring to observe, from banking to electric cars to s...

17 Jan

Science & Health

How too much security threatens the era of global science collaboration

17/01/2025
By Caroline Wagner
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Amid heightened tensions between the United States and China, the two countries signed a bilateral science and technology agreement

02 Jan

Feature series

Kingdom coming

09/01/2025
By Brian McKinlay
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This article is part of our ‘Timeless Pieces’ series of summer reading, featuring articles from our former hardcopy Australian Rational...

12 Nov

Law & Politics

The white God problem in politics

As ‘ex-vangelicals’ around the world deconstruct the faith of their formative years, one topic repeatedly comes up – that of white GOP ...

10 Oct

Law & Politics

It’s time to take a stand against far-right politics

10/10/2024
By Matthe Sharpe
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Political operatives on the far right have long spoken about their ambition to shift the “Overton window”. The aim is to ...

11 Aug

Feature series, Law & Politics

Sotomayor’s dissent and the future of a republic

11/08/2024
By Paul Monk
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This article is part of our ‘Mulling over America’ feature series, with contributors providing Rationalist perspectives on what ...

17 Jul

Law & Politics

Thomas Matthew Crooks was wrong to pull the trigger, but right to be afraid of Trump

This article is part of our ‘Mulling over America’ feature series, with contributors providing Rationalist perspectives on what ...

01 Jul

History, Law & Politics

How Jefferson and Madison’s partnership shaped America’s separation of church and state

01/07/2024
By Steven K. Green
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Few constitutional principles are more familiar to the average American than the separation of church and state. According to the Pew R...

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