Earlier this year, Congressman Hank Johnson (a Congressional Freethought Caucus member) and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse reintroduced the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act (SCERT) into the 118th Congress. Last year during the 117th Congress,... Read More

Sunshine Week is an annual initiative in the second week of March, promoting open, transparent government and celebrating our right to government information in the United States. Launched in 2005 by the News Leaders Association,... Read More

Women within the movement come to mind when I consider everyday humanist heroes, or, I might say, heroines. For Women’s History Month, I want to celebrate the women whose care, concern, and tireless efforts have... Read More

This month the American Humanist Association (AHA) is focusing on a theme of “Atheist World Builders, Women, and Matrilineal Legacy,” situated inside of Women’s History Month. Social and religious movements across sectors have come face... Read More

The first reading of Charleston County School District’s plan to implement school board prayer will be on the agenda for Monday, February 27. It’ll require a second reading to pass into policy, but the Secular... Read More

On January 9th, 2023, Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18) introduced H.R. 40 – the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act into the 118th Congress. H.R. 40 would establish the Commission... Read More

Even when we are surrounded by people who are outwardly similar to us–similar points of view, similar bodies, similar gender expressions, similar skin tones–the human mind will still find ways to look for differences. To... Read More