Jane Cooper’s book, Embroidering History, opens wide a window into the workings of an early humanitarian aid project in a complex emergency, namely the refugee crisis of Polish peasants from 1924-1925. Cooper has ably edited... Read More

A friend recently passed on a slick magazine to me published by a religious right group. The cover depicted a close-up shot of a large steamroller under dark and threatening skies. The headline read, “Secularism:... Read More

I came to the humanist movement in the 1970s, not as a refugee or rebel against the abusive teachings of organized religion but as one already born into an atheistic humanist family who was longing... Read More

This article is an excerpt from Godless Americana: Race and Religious Rebels (forthcoming February 2013). This article first appeared in The Feminist Wire. The 24-hour prayer sessions are the true test of a warrior for... Read More

Some years ago a woman wrote to Ann Landers. The letter writer told how she and her husband were atheists, though they didn't make a big deal about it. At a family gathering in another... Read More

A new theatre company, The Edge of the Universe Players 2, debuted a new play, Atheist’s Paradise, on November 3, 2012 at the Woolly Mammoth Theater in Washington, DC. With performances running through November 25... Read More

Most people have a mistake in life they would like forgiven: a petty theft, cheating on a lover, a lie that sprawled and webbed like a net forever hovering nearby. For Rhoda, the main character... Read More