It is not easy being an atheist in a world that is predominantly religious or even spiritual. And, there is not a day that goes by that I do not have to think about my... Read More

“It is time for Sapphire to testify on her own behalf, in writing, complete with footnotes.” Regina Austin, “Sapphire Bound,” 1989. Driving L.A.’s cesspit 405 freeway one afternoon in the late eighties, a voice on... Read More

Gay author and political commentator Andrew Sullivan has said that, when he came out to his family, his father wept. When he regained his composure, his father explained that he was just imagining what Andrew... Read More

Unlike a traditional prayer, a humanist invocation does not call upon a supernatural entity as a guide. Instead, it motivates us to guide ourselves and others to live good lives in service to the general... Read More

Congress is making its last concentrated effort to fund the government, raise the debt ceiling, deliver the Defense Authorization Act, and pass voting rights and the Build Back Better Act before they break for holidays.... Read More

Last week, as I aimlessly scrolled past cute animal videos and ads for meal-planning kits insisting that all my friends were awful cooks who needed a subscription gifted to them, I caught myself wondering what... Read More

This article was originally published in the newsletter of the Secular Humanist Society of New York (SHSNY). It is reprinted here with permission of the author. As a humanist, I’ve always been asked a basic... Read More