DR. SYLVIA A. EARLE is explorer in residence at the National Geographic Society, the founder of the Sylvia Earle Alliance (S.E.A.) / Mission Blue... Read More

MARTIN R. CASTRO served as chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) from 2011 until December 2016 and was the first... Read More

SUSIE BRIGHT is an acclaimed sex writer, feminist, and civil rights activist. From 1984-1991 she published On Our Backs, the first lesbian sex magazine... Read More

HERB SILVERMAN is the founder of the Secular Coalition for America and of the Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry in Charleston, South Carolina. He... Read More

On October 1, 1919, a man named Frank Moore gave the following statement (edited here for style and brevity): On the night of September... Read More

What is freedom of religion? It’s not actually the freedom to think or not think religious stuff. Rather, it is the right to display—or... Read More

Jack Phillips owns a bakery in Lakewood, Colorado. Phillips is a conservative evangelical Christian who opposes marriage equality. He insists that his beliefs give... Read More

Who do we want to be? This is a crucial time in US history, indeed, in the history of the world. It’s an ugly... Read More

I’m not what most would consider a typical prisoner serving life without parole. I’m black, but I didn’t grow up in an impoverished inner... Read More

“It’s the first-ever sample of metallic hydrogen on Earth, so when you’re looking at it, you’re looking at something that’s never existed before.” —Isaac... Read More