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| 2025 | Upcoming publication of 'A Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine'. |
| April 2025 |
RationalWiki
The RationalMedia Foundation was hit with multiple defamation lawsuits and announced potential dissolution due to lack of legal funding and absence of pro bono legal representation.
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| 2024 | Appeared as a guest on the Mark Steiner Show to discuss the Israeli–Palestinian War, criticizing U.S. government and media support for Israel. |
| 2024 |
Sam Harris
Endorsed Kamala Harris for the presidential election and participated in a debate on the Honestly podcast arguing in her support, with Ben Shapiro presenting the case for Donald Trump.
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| May 2024 | The Real News Network (TRNN) announced an amicable end to their production partnership for The Chris Hedges Report, with the show continuing through Hedges's Substack. |
| April 19 2024 | Daniel Dennett passed away, concluding a significant career in philosophy of mind, science, and evolutionary biology. |
| March 2024 | Hedges publicly commented on his previous resignation from PEN America, describing the organization as having become a 'propaganda arm of the state' a decade after his departure. |
| March 2024 | Hitchens wrote in support of pro-Russian journalist Graham Phillips and Julian Assange, labeling Phillips's fight against UK government sanctions as 'liberty fighting tyranny' and describing him as a 'prisoner of the (UK) state.' |
| January 2024 | Continued lectures and dedicated episodes of The Chris Hedges Report to discussing the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, arguing that Israel is pursuing genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. |
| 2023 | Published 'I've Been Thinking' through Allen Lane. |
| 2023 |
Sam Harris
Harris gave an interview to The Daily Beast explaining his break from the intellectual dark web, citing disagreements with Bret Weinstein, concerns about Maajid Nawaz's COVID-19 conspiracy theories, and disappointment with Dave Rubin's perceived cynicism.
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| 2023 |
Sam Harris
Harris publicly stated that if COVID-19 had caused higher child mortality, there would be significantly less tolerance for vaccine skepticism.
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| November 2023 | Chris Hedges began giving lectures on the Israeli–Palestinian War in the Gaza Strip, focusing on critiquing Israel's actions and Zionist ideology. |
| November 2023 | In a column published in November 2023, Ayaan Hirsi Ali announced her conversion to Christianity, emphasizing her belief in the Judeo-Christian tradition. |
| October 2023 | During an interview on the Cosmic Skeptic Philosophy Podcast, Peter Hitchens abruptly expressed his dislike for host Alex O'Connor, leading to a confrontation that lasted about 15 minutes before he left the recording studio. |
| October 2023 |
Sam Harris
During the Israel-Hamas war, Harris expressed support for Israel and strongly condemned the Hamas attack on Israel, rejecting arguments about Israeli settlements provoking the conflict.
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| April 2023 |
Flying Spaghetti Monster
A Children's Bible of the Flying Spaghetti Monster was published in Germany.
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| March 2023 |
Sam Harris
Sam Harris hosted podcast guests Matt Ridley and Alina Chan to discuss the potential origins of COVID-19, specifically exploring the hypothesis that the virus may have been created in a laboratory.
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| 2022 | Published 'The Greatest Evil is War'. |
| 2022 | Ali announced her conversion to Christianity, stating that in her view, the Judeo-Christian tradition is the only answer to the problems of the modern world. |
| 2022 | She began hosting 'The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast,' further establishing her voice in public discussions. |
| November 2022 | Hitchens stated that there exists a 'virulent' nationalism in Ukraine, making it easier to be a non-Scot in Scotland than an ethnic Russian in Ukraine. |
| May 2022 | Hedges criticized the $40 billion US aid package to Ukraine, arguing that it demonstrates the United States' unchecked militarism and inability to address domestic social issues. |
| April 2022 | Chris Hedges began production of The Chris Hedges Report in collaboration with The Real News Network (TRNN). |
| March 2022 | Chris Hedges publicly condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine, criticizing it as a criminal act while simultaneously critiquing NATO's expansion as a provocative strategy that baited Russia into conflict. |
| March 7 2022 | Hedges wrote a Scheerpost column (reprinted by Salon) discussing his reprimand from The New York Times for Iraq War opposition and his perspective on potentially losing his job at RT America due to comments about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| March 3 2022 | RT America ceased operations following the widespread deplatforming of Russian-sponsored media caused by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, effectively ending the run of On Contact. |
| 2021 | Published the book 'Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison', drawing from his decade-long experience teaching writing in New Jersey prisons. |
| 2021 | Ayaan Hirsi Ali began serving as a columnist for UnHerd, contributing to public discourse on various issues. |
| 2021 | Ayaan Hirsi Ali began serving as a columnist for UnHerd, a British online magazine. |
| 2021 | After receiving a COVID-19 vaccination, Hitchens rejected the label of anti-vaxxer, stating he felt compelled to get vaccinated against his usual preferences. |
| 2021 |
Sam Harris
Harris formally 'turned in his imaginary membership card' to the intellectual dark web, publicly distancing himself from the group.
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| October 2021 |
Flying Spaghetti Monster
The Templin City Council voted to permanently authorize the Church of the FSM to install their signs.
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| July 2021 | She published 'Prey: Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women's Rights,' discussing the impact of migration from Muslim countries to Europe on women's rights. |
| February 2021 | Hirsi Ali released her latest book titled Prey: Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women's Rights. |
| 2020 | Ayaan Hirsi Ali stated that children in predominantly Muslim schools are less likely to be taught about the Holocaust and emphasized that schools should resist demands from Muslim parents to omit Holocaust education. |
| 2020 | Hirsi Ali echoed French President Emmanuel Macron's statements regarding the formation of 'separatist societies' among Muslim immigrant communities in Europe, highlighting issues of limited access to education and jobs. |
| 2020 |
Sam Harris
Supported Andrew Yang in the Democratic primaries and introduced Yang to podcaster Joe Rogan. After the election, commented on Hunter Biden's laptop and compared the potential scandals of Trump and Biden.
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| November 2020 |
Sam Harris
Sam Harris publicly stated that he does not identify as a member of the intellectual dark web.
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| September 2020 | Spoke at the Movement for a People's Party convention. |
| September 2020 |
Sam Harris
Harris committed to donating at least 10% of Waking Up app's profits to highly effective charities, becoming the first company to sign the Giving What We Can pledge retrospectively from the app's launch two years earlier.
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| May 27 2020 | Announced candidacy for the Green Party in New Jersey's 12th congressional district, but withdrew the next day due to potential FCC fairness doctrine conflicts with his RT America television show. |
| March 2020 | Hedges was fired from Truthdig along with the entire editorial staff. |
| March 2020 | Hedges and the editorial staff at Truthdig went on strike to protest attempts to fire Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and demand fair labor practices and union formation rights. |
| January 2020 |
Sam Harris
Max Sanderson featured Harris's podcast as a 'Producer pick' in The Guardian's 'podcasts of the week' section.
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| 2019 |
Flying Spaghetti Monster
A documentary titled I, Pastafari was released, examining the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and its fight for legal recognition.
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| 2019 |
RationalWiki
Researchers from RWTH Aachen University conducted a bias analysis of RationalWiki, finding it had gender biases but less pronounced compared to other wikis like Conservapedia and Wikipedia.
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| 2019 | Wright was appointed as a Visiting Professor of Science and Religion at Union Theological Seminary in New York and became a Senior Fellow at the think tank New America. |
| 2019 | The University of Buckingham organized a 'free-speech society' after Hitchens faced 'no-platforming' by the University of Portsmouth due to his views on gay rights. He was the first guest invited to address students. |
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