Rules Are for Schmucks: Evading the Spotlight – Part 1
Spotlight added the Academy Award for Best Motion Picture on Sunday night to its impressive collection of hardware from the Screen Actors Guild, the... Read More
Success in Failure: How Stories of Struggle Can Transform Science Education
Stories are an integral part of human development. They’ve been shared in cultures past and present as a means of entertainment, cultural preservation, and... Read More
Girls Scouts: Good Without God (And Without the Church’s Blessing)
We’re all familiar with the Girls Scouts of America, an organization that aims to help girls develop valuable life lessons and skills, build confidence,... Read More
Hate in Multicultural America + Access to Guns = Recipe for Disaster
Last Thursday, US Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI) announced the introduction of new gun control legislation at a Center for American Progress (CAP) panel session... Read More
Tik Tok on the Clock but Kesha Won’t Stop, No: A Humanist Response to Kesha’s Lawsuit against Dr. Luke
The pop singer Kesha, then called Ke$ha, provided the soundtrack to my senior year of college. During a time in my life that was... Read More
Girls, Women, and Mass Incarceration: The Problem Nobody’s Talking About
Content note: The following article includes a description of a child’s death. Last Tuesday, I attended an understated congressional briefing centered on an issue... Read More
On the Hill: The Religious Makeup of the Supreme Court (and Who Will Replace Scalia?)
Justice Antonin Scalia, the conservative stalwart of the Supreme Court, died in mid-February in West Texas while on vacation at a friend’s ranch. Scalia... Read More
Humanist EDge: A Call to Social Justice Journalism
The Humanist EDge is a new column written by graduates of The Humanist Institute’s educational leadership program. My need to contribute to the cause... Read More
The Ethical Dilemma: Can I Tell My Parents I’m an Atheist?
Experiencing an ethical dilemma? Need advice from a humanist perspective? Send your questions to The Ethical Dilemma at dilemma@thehumanist.com (subject line: Ethical Dilemma). All... Read More
The Comics Section: Wishful Thinking, Good Christian Plumbers, Trash Talk
Brand new comics by Jesus and Mo, The Atheist Pig, and Raging Pencils!