The Humanist Dilemma: Letting Myself Go…Gray
Experiencing an ethical dilemma? Need advice from a humanist perspective? Send your questions to The Humanist Dilemma at dilemma@thehumanist.com (subject line: Humanist Dilemma). All... Read More
The Comics Section: Persecuted Minorities and Reallocation
The latest from Jesus and Mo and Raging Pencils!
Secular Students Are Leading the Way
IN MY CAPACITY as the national organizing manager for the Secular Student Alliance, I’ve had the opportunity to meet thousands of students across the... Read More
Living Humanist Values: The Ten Commitments
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF HUMANISM? How does one live as a humanist? Like many of you, I have read a plethora of articles... Read More
Life and Why It Must Continue
AS YOU LIE UNDER A SPRAWLING OAK, admiring the play of sun and shade, it’s easy to fall for the illusion that all is... Read More
Of Gods & Bosses Has Capitalism Become a Religion?
RELIGIOUS FEELING has always been a catalyst for both extreme resistance and extreme acquiescence to power. As Frederick Douglass wrote in his 1845 memoir,... Read More
Living to Live: Rethinking Work & Idleness
IN THE SUMMER OF 2014, following the completion of a bachelor’s degree in history and then a traumatic and exhausting stint working for the... Read More
Mottos, Prayers, Courses, and Clubs To Protect Students' Rights, We Must Keep Church and State Separate
After the latest round of mass shootings over the course of two weekends—gun violence that claimed a life in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn;... Read More
A Humanist Take on the State Department’s Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom Championing survivors, challenging the state
This summer I participated in the US State Department’s Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom on behalf of the American Humanist Association. The event, held... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | Vouchers Pose a Threat to Public Schools and to the Public Good
Public schools serve 90 percent of America’s children. Yet lately, it seems, the system is treated as an afterthought by politicians at the national... Read More