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Before and After the Court: The Humanist Interview with Monica L. Miller
MONICA L. MILLER is senior counsel for the American Humanist Association (AHA). She obtained her BA from Pitzer College in 2008, her master’s in... Read More
“America First” All over Again? Historical parallels are always prone to error and abuse,but that doesn’t mean we should stop analogizing
BEFORE STEVE BANNON was kicked out of the White House in the fall of 2017, he said he wanted the Trump presidency to be... Read More
What’s Really behind Evangelicals’ Climate Denial?
BY ALL ESTIMATES, the earth has gone through five mass extinctions, all of which were the direct result of some form of cataclysmic... Read More
Exploring the Historical Roots of Religious Freedom A Conversation with Steven Waldman
STEVEN WALDMAN is a former journalist he was the national editor of US News & World Report, a national correspondent for Newsweek, and the... Read More
Celebrating 200 Years of Walt Whitman
“And I say to any man or woman, Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes. And I say to mankind,... Read More
The Southern Baptist Convention’s Gospel of Rape and Redemption
“Won’t people get mad if we criticize religion in our presentation?” my student asked. She was referring to the prevalence of sexual abuse allegations... Read More
“Narrow Rulings” Mean Little to the Christian Right Give them an inch, they’ll take a mile
Scare tactics are an important weapon in the assault on church-state separation. This was on display in the American Humanist Association’s recent Supreme Court... Read More
An Eschatological View of Climate Change: Bring It On
When I speak to family members, friends, and colleagues about the next presidential election, the overriding question is: Who, among the long and growing... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | Denied the Right to Care In South Carolina, “Religious Freedom” Has Become a Vehicle for Discrimination
Aimee Maddonna is a Catholic woman in Simpsonville, South Carolina, who wants to volunteer to help children in foster care. Maddonna would seem to... Read More