THERE ARE DEBATED ISSUES within the humanist movement revolving around the agenda that should guide humanist thinking and activism. Is it enough to address... Read More

IT MAY OR MAY NOT surprise you to know that there are self-identified humanists who don’t think systemic racism is a big problem in... Read More

"A tyranny," Plato says in the Republic, "is the wretchedest form of government," and "a tyrant grows worse from having power: he becomes and... Read More

In late May the U.S. Department of Justice announced strict new standards be placed on the police department of Cleveland, Ohio, after a review... Read More

Any organization that advocates for the separation of church and state can expect to get an earful from the public. When attorneys for groups... Read More

Listen up, fellow white people. If we care about racism—and if we’re humanists, we bloody well better—there’s something we need to do. It’s enormously... Read More

We’ve all been told we’re supposed to “be good.” But why? So your god can reward you? Such religious reasons have no evidentiary basis... Read More

“Another online scam—too good to be true,” I thought when I read the apartment listing on Craigslist. But I decided to call anyway. The... Read More

There are few scientists alive today who have had as far-reaching an impact as Edward O. Wilson. With a career spanning more than half... Read More

In 1952, with the election of Dwight D. Eisenhower as president, a small, chariot-driving clan of Christian evangelicals stormed the national stage, bent on... Read More