Adam Laats is a historian teaching at Binghamton University, specializing in the intersection of culture wars and education. He has a special gift for critically examining the positions of religious ...

Correspondent Jeffrey Brown investigates how some biology teachers are handling the hot button debate over the theory of evolution, creationism and intelligent design. On a recent morning in Danville, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In a little-noticed 2012 interview, Rep. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), the front-runner in ...

In what’s being heralded as a secular triumph, the UK government has banned the teaching of creationism as science in all existing and future academies and free schools. The new clauses, which arrived ...

When Pope Francis mentioned his belief in the theory of evolution the other day, the story got more play in the media than it probably deserved. Francis is not the first pope to express such ...

Barbara Evanson’s belief that creationism should be taught in schools doesn’t change anything as far as our endorsements go. We’ve already endorsed Cindy Enos-Martinez as the more qualified candidate ...

Many people around the world looked on aghast as they witnessed the harm done by conspiracy theories such as QAnon and the myth of the stolen US election that led to the attack on the US Capitol ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Arkansas public schools could be impacted by two new bills that were passed in the House on Wednesday. Rep. Mary Bentley sponsored HB 1704 which would allow for teachers to use ...