In a recent op-ed for the Houston Chronicle, “Black People Should Feel Safe With a Face Mask, but We Don’t,” I wrote that I... Read More

Like so many areas of society, the US child welfare system is feeling the effects of the novel coronavirus. A recent report by the... Read More

The push to protect reproductive rights has never been stronger, necessitated by the growing wave of conservative-leaning judges and religious conservatives trying to control... Read More

As the coronavirus has wreaked havoc on American lives, culture, and commerce by keeping people indoors, members of Solid Rock Church near Cincinnati decided... Read More

In all likelihood, George Gershwin had simply forgotten. By 1924, at the age of twenty-six, he was a busy man. He had already established... Read More

This morning was much like all the others since she’s been gone. I feed the dog. Go out with him to greet the day.... Read More

EDITED BY MASSIMO PIGLIUCCI, SKYE C. CLEARY, AND DANIEL A. KAUFMAN VINTAGE, 2020 How to Live a Good Life is not an overview of... Read More

BY SASHA SAGAN G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS, 2019 Life is worth celebrating and we should take the time to celebrate family, friendships, ourselves, milestones, and... Read More

BY NATHAN G. ALEXANDER NYU PRESS, 2019 Nathan G. Alexander’s Race in a Godless World: Atheism, Race, and Civilization, 1850–1914 is a better book... Read More

A decade ago my family had a landlord named Shirley—she was, as they say, a real character. We lived in the house she grew... Read More