U.S. Marine Band forced to cancel concert with students of color after Trump DEI order

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Singapore Student Hard Carries His Team : videos

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Sixth place — Grad student essay contest: Ben Stokes | Freethought Today

While some sects of Christianity preach generosity and compassion for the disadvantaged, others weigh more heavily on the “prosperity gospel.” This rationale espouses that those who work hard and put their faith in the Lord flourish, whereas the slothful and unrepentant do not. This can be seen in the parable of the talents in Matthew 25:14-30, where a master gives three of his slaves varying amounts of talents, or property, to do with as they will while he is away. Two of them put their talents to work (in other words, they invest), while the third stows his talent away. The first two earn their master more talents and receive praise, while the latter is admonished as wicked and lazy. ....
https://www.freethoughttoday.com/vol-36-no-09-november-2019/sixth-place-grad-student-essay-contest-ben-stokes

Honorable mention — Persons of color essay contest: Jamiah Hawkins | Freethought Today

https://www.freethoughttoday.com/vol-36-no-08-october-2019/honorable-mention-persons-of-color-essay-contest-jamiah-hawkins

Honorable mention — Persons of color essay contest: Kenneth Gonzalez Santibanez | Freethought Today

https://www.freethoughttoday.com/vol-36-no-08-october-2019/honorable-mention-persons-of-color-essay-contest-kenneth-gonzalez-santibanez

Seventh place — Persons of color essay contest: George Olea-Romo | Freethought Today

https://www.freethoughttoday.com/vol-36-no-08-october-2019/seventh-place-persons-of-color-essay-contest-george-olea-romo

Honorable mention — Persons of color essay contest: Raimundo Farmer | Freethought Today

https://www.freethoughttoday.com/vol-36-no-08-october-2019/honorable-mention-persons-of-color-essay-contest-raimundo-farmer

Honorable mention — Persons of color essay contest: Jessie Garcia | Freethought Today

https://www.freethoughttoday.com/vol-36-no-08-october-2019/honorable-mention-persons-of-color-essay-contest-jessie-garcia

Heads Up poetry column: Five Easy Prayers for Pagans | Freethought Today

https://www.freethoughttoday.com/vol-36-no-08-october-2019/heads-up-poetry-column-five-easy-prayers-for-pagans

First place — Persons of color essay contest: Nicole Li | Freethought Today

It took me 15 years to realize that I was being systemically and nonconsensually indoctrinated. A decade of Sunday school had failed to instill a flicker of faith in me, and I began to question the legitimacy and pragmatism of “miracle” stories and weekly bible drills. I was sent to youth group as if it was day care, and was expected to blindly accept the lectured dogma. ....
https://www.freethoughttoday.com/vol-36-no-08-october-2019/first-place-persons-of-color-essay-contest-nicole-li

Ninth place (tie) — Persons of color essay contest: Elisa Nicolini | Freethought Today

Contrary to what religious organizations would have you believe, there is much to gain and little to lose by leaving religion. Many freethinkers, especially in the case of people of color from developing countries (such as myself), are raised in organized religion and are indoctrinated into a mindset that promotes the hatred of the reified “other,” including homosexuals, atheists and individuals belonging to other religions. This mindset is extremely pervasive in the fundamentalist Catholicism that is practiced by my Mexican family.....
https://www.freethoughttoday.com/vol-36-no-08-october-2019/ninth-place-tie-persons-of-color-essay-contest-elisa-nicolini

Tenth place (tie) — Persons of color essay contest: Javohn Dyer | Freethought Today

Life as a Jehovah’s Witness (JW) was unique; lead by the Governing Body, a group of eight men who reside in Bethel, N.Y., JW’s version of Mecca. It’s where they create literature that enables child abuse, supports science denial, shunning and the refusal of blood transfusions, the latter causing thousands of deaths, a fact the organization has hidden through lies and gaslighting. ....
https://www.freethoughttoday.com/vol-36-no-08-october-2019/tenth-place-tie-persons-of-color-essay-contest-javohn-dyer

Caption contest winner | Freethought Today

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Freethought Today caption contest winner | Freethought Today

The winning caption was: Foreclosure sale due to lack of prophets...
https://www.freethoughttoday.com/vol-36-no-04-may-2019/freethought-today-caption-contest-winner-2

FFRF’s student essay competitions offer $72K | Freethought Today

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is pleased to announce its five 2019 essay competitions for freethinking students, including a brand new one this year for law school students. Total prizes to be awarded will be more than $72,000! This year, FFRF has increased both the number of major prizes and the scholarship amounts. ....
https://www.freethoughttoday.com/vol-36-no-03-april-2019/ffrfs-student-essay-competitions-offer-72k

A Teenager's Drive to Beat a Computer Program for Domination Over Artificial Intelligence in China - Newsweek

Much as a Russian satellite launch in 1957 started the space race, a match between a computer program and a teenager galvanized China's dash to AI domination ...
https://www.newsweek.com/2019/01/25/teenagers-drive-beat-computer-program-domination-over-artificial-intelligence-1297774.html

FFRF’s student essay competitions offer $30K | Freethought Today

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is announcing its four student essay competitions for 2018. “We consider our essay competitions to encourage and reward young freethinkers to be one of FFRF’s most important forms of outreach,” says FFRF Co-President Dan Barker....
https://www.freethoughttoday.com/vol-34-no-02-march-2018/ffrfs-student-essay-competitions-offer-30k

FFRF’s four 2018 student essay competitions offer $30K-plus

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is announcing its four award-laden student essay contests for 2018. “We consider our essay competitions to encourage and reward young freethinkers to be one of FFRF’s most important forms of outreach,” says FFRF Co-President Dan Barker....

https://mailchi.mp/ffrf.org/ffrfs-four-2018-student-essay-competitions-offer-30k-plus?mc_cid=4d041daa2d&mc_eid=077f8ff121