Last Saturday the American Humanist Association’s Center for Education hosted “Climate Justice: A Better Future for Us All,” the latest in its open lecture series. Held at the First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis, the event... Read More

Atrocities like the Alabama abortion bill are one of the reasons why I’m an atheist and a humanist. Barefoot, pregnant, and bombed back to the Stone Age continues to be the clarion call for dominionist... Read More

Jerry Falwell Jr., the president of the religious right-aligned Liberty University, has followed in his father’s footsteps by leveraging his considerable flock for his own partisan and personal gain. Falwell Jr. was one of the... Read More

The United Nations published a global assessment Monday detailing the impact of humans on the environment over the past five decades, and it’s not looking good. The report, by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity... Read More

At a time when Black girls continue to go missing, people are being killed because of their religion, queer kids are dying by bullying-coerced suicides, and Trump wants to charge refugees and migrants a fee... Read More

If you’ve been losing faith in the American press—in the ability of even mainstream journalists to discern the relevant from the irrelevant and to report responsibly on the former—you’ll probably want to avoid op-ed columnist... Read More

“Won’t people get mad if we criticize religion in our presentation?” my student asked. She was referring to the prevalence of sexual abuse allegations against religious leaders and my recommendation that we talk about them... Read More