The late Richard Rorty, a distinguished humanist philosopher, opened his 1993 Amnesty International lecture with a shocking account of sexual sadism perpetrated against Bosnian... Read More

Imagine you’ve just met someone new and it comes up that you’re a humanist. It happens. Perhaps you’re at the playground with your child... Read More

Every fall I attend a large gathering of religious right activists in Washington, DC. Launched in 2006 and sponsored by the Family Research Council... Read More

When Maine governor Paul LePage ordered the removal of a mural depicting the state’s labor history from the Department of Labor headquarters because it... Read More

Behind every question about how to get the United States back on track and improve the lives of average Americans (the so-called 99 percent)... Read More

Robyn (who asked that her last name not be used) is a forty-year-old resident of Marin County, California, who is active in Occupy Oakland... Read More

You say you want a revolution? Well, you know, we all want to change the world. …You say you got a real solution? Well,... Read More

Members of the Tea Party love to play dress-up, but not just in those cute costumes from the 1700s they gad about in. No,... Read More

“Mic check!” calls out a young man from the bottom of the stairs at the southeast corner of Zuccotti Park, or “Liberty Square,” as... Read More

For several years the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island has celebrated Darwin Day on or around February 12 (Charles Darwin’s birthday). Last year’s... Read More