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Kimberly Winston

Kimberly Winston is a freelance religion reporter based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

NFL Pro-Bowler is an atheist. So what?

Earlier this month, NFL star Arian Foster, a running back for the Houston Texans, sent ripples through the world of professional football when he came out as a nonbeliever in the pages of ESPN The Magazine.

Former Buddhist monk creates home for 85 abandoned children

HBO features former Buddhist monk who creates home for abandoned children

Serena Williams’ secret weapon: ‘Jehovah God’

If Serena Williams wins Wimbledon Saturday (July 11), she will likely say — as she usually does after a big win — “I want to thank Jehovah God.”

5 faith facts about Rick Perry: ‘God has put me in this place at this time to do his will’

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry threw his Stetson into the already very crowded race for the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday (June 4). Here are five faith facts about the man.

After death threats, Bangladeshi atheist relocates to US

An internationally renowned atheist activist has relocated from India to the U.S. after receiving death threats from an extremist group that has claimed responsibility for at least one of three machete killings of South Asian atheists this year.

Can there be an ‘atheist vote’? Nonreligious set sights on 2016

A few years ago, when atheist activists asked U.S. Sen. David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican, to tone down a Christian-oriented message to voters, they were told, “There aren’t any atheists in Louisiana.”

Pope Francis hasn’t watched TV since 1990. Here are some key moments he missed

Pope Francis told an Argentine newspaper on Monday (May 25) that he hasn’t watched television since 1990. Think of all he’s missed, not just in terms of popular culture, but also in terms of American Catholicism.

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