In his 2026 State of the Union address, President Donald Trump declared that “the golden age of America is upon us,” painting a portrait of a nation stronger, safer and more prosperous than ever before.... Read More

In classrooms across the United States, LGBTQ+ students are navigating something far more complex than assignments and attendance. They are navigating safety, identity, belonging and, increasingly, a political climate that shapes all three. The latest... Read More

One year into President Trump’s second term, a new nationwide survey from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) offers an eye-opening snapshot into the ideological forces shaping American public life. According to the survey, roughly... Read More

In the ongoing debates about public education, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights, and public health care, the question keeps coming up: Why must the government maintain its neutrality on religion? For humanists, this question is no... Read More

In December 2025, Mel Curth, a University of Oklahoma instructor, was placed on leave after a student complained that she received a failing grade on a psychology assignment because her essay cited the Bible to... Read More

January was Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month. On Saturday, January 31st, the Women’s Leadership Project hosted the premier of my short film "Alpha Centauri," which centers a young freethinking Black woman foster care protagonist’s... Read More

This article originally appeared in Socioanalítica Research's Secular Politics newsletter.  The Latino religious landscape, according to the latest Pew Research data, shows that 27% of all Latinos have no religious affiliation, nearly doubling from 14%... Read More