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BLACK LIVES MATTER: Brookings Holds Discussion on Race, State Violence, and Representation in the United States
According to data from Mapping Police Violence, police in the United States killed 1,147 people last year. Officers were only charged with a crime... Read More
Ahead of the Curve: “America Second”
President Trump in his inaugural address assured us that the guiding principle of the new administration would be “America First.” “America will start winning... Read More
Silencing Science: A Humanist Take on Science and Politics
This past Thursday I attended a panel at the Center for American Progress titled Silencing Science. The panel featured notable scientists, professors, and former... Read More
Five Fierce Humanists: Unapologetically Black Women Beyond Belief
Introduction by Christopher Cameron IT IS A WELL-KNOWN FACT that black women have served as the backbone of the black church since its inception.... Read More
White Privilege and Humanist Leadership
As progressives, humanists are a feisty, opinionated lot. My new book, The Best of the Humanist: Humanist Philosophy 1928–1973, shows this to be true... Read More
Dance with the Donald What Evangelicals’ Infatuation with Trump Portends for Religion in America
With Donald J. Trump in the White House, conservative white evangelicals have never had it so good. Trump picked one of their own as... Read More
Theocratic Mercenary Erik Prince and the Christian Right
President Donald Trump’s election allowed the Christian right to achieve a new level of domination in the US government. Since the 1960s, the Christian... Read More
The Humanist Interview with Greg Epstein
GREG M. EPSTEIN has been the humanist chaplain at Harvard since 2005, where he also serves on the executive committee of the thirty-five-member corps... Read More
Target Practice Troubled Teens, First Person Shooter Games, and the US Military
Before Nikolas Cruz shot seventeen people dead and injured seventeen others at a Parkland, Florida, high school on Valentine’s Day, and before Dimitrios Pagourtzis... Read More
