View all episodes in the Cartoon History of Humanism series. Making Determinism Art: The Humanist Fictionscapes of Denis Diderot By the mid-eighteenth century, materialism... Read More

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Those who strongly support public education may not always realize how nationalistic it is, but from what is taught in publicly funded schools to... Read More

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This week’s poem is by Ikhtisad Ahmed. Ikhtisad is a Bengali writer and the grandson of the legendary intellectual, litterateur and poet Mahbub ul... Read More

New comics by Jesus and Mo, Ape Not Monkey, and The Bad Chemicals!              

When my boyfriend and I first started watching Trevor Noah’s stand-up comedy in late 2014, it was like discovering a hidden gem. Our inside... Read More