Given Donald Trump’s hostility toward the press, we shouldn’t be surprised by the announcement that he plans to skip this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. It’s rare for a sitting president to miss the event—the... Read More

Nowadays, you might say civil liberties and the religious right mix as well as oil and water. There is a staunch resistance from the Right to just about any minority civil liberty, yet their reasons... Read More

March is Women’s History Month in the United States, the UK, and Australia. In commemoration we bring you the second of our five-part series: “Humanist Women in History.” The first, on Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American... Read More

On the March 4 episode of Saturday Night Live, “Weekend Update” cohost Michael Che quipped: “March is Women’s History Month, while April is a lot of backed up dishes.” The joke got scant reaction from... Read More

"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist."... Read More

President Obama was a practicing Christian (regardless of claims to the contrary) who regularly attended church services. Even so, as president he made sure not to push his faith onto American citizens, and he took... Read More

It seems like the world is consumed by hate. Every day our newsfeeds and media alerts are filled with story after story of rhetoric fueled by hate and fear mongering, senseless bombings abroad and tragic... Read More