Making Good: Humanist Philanthropy and the Duty to Give
WHILE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES have long been touted as philanthropic and generous, with many datasets showing that religious people give more money to charities compared... Read More
How Poverty Kills Wonder and What We Can Do About It
THERE IS ONE AVENUE towards my personal experience of wonder that is guaranteed: Yosemite National Park. I grew up less than an hour from... Read More
Gamm On: The Humanist Interview with Philanthropist Gordon Gamm
Gordon Gamm (left) is a retired attorney, an active investor, and a humanist philanthropist who lives in Boulder, Colorado, with his wife Grace (right).... Read More
Cherri Pitts: A Rose Amongst San Antonio’s STARs
Cherri Pitts has been an active member of South Texas Atheists for Reason (STAR) since February 2016 and became STAR’s director of administration in... Read More
Breaking Camp Humanist Service Corps Assists Ghanaians Accused of Witchcraft
In the early morning hours, Azara Majira is setting up her small store in her home village of Bandiyili in the Northern Region of... Read More
Conservation Lessons from a Still-Wild River Be Known, Spread the Word, and Get Creative
I recently rafted a river that wouldn’t exist if not for a crucial conservation win back in the 1950s. The Yampa is the last... Read More
The Sanctity of Human Life Act Politicians Playing God
A group of thirty-one Republican US congressmen (yes, all men, as of this writing) have signed on as cosponsors of a bill to declare... Read More
Church, State, and Taxpayer Support Is America Moving Toward a European Model?
In my travels in the world of humanism, I’ve encountered lots of people who speak wistfully about the differences between the United States and... Read More
Distractions
“The Russia story is a distraction from the Affordable Care Act!” “Trans people in the military are a distraction from disastrous tax reform!” “The... Read More
Poetry & Paint
“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” —Leonardo da Vinci One... Read More