"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

March is Women’s History Month in the United States, the UK, and Australia. As luck would have it, there are five Wednesdays in March, so in commemoration we bring you the five-part series: “Humanist Women... Read More

Why we have teenagers, immigrants, convicts, minorities, and the unemployed to thank for our freedom "The March to Valley Forge" (painting by William Trego, 1883) We’ve all but deified our founding fathers. Nearly to a... Read More

Last Wednesday the Trump administration overturned Obama’s transgender student protection directive, which ordered schools to let transgender students use whatever bathrooms and locker rooms match their gender identities. Thirteen states sued the Obama administration soon... Read More

This week NASA released news of an astounding discovery—a solar system that may harbor the right conditions for life as we know it. The system is named TRAPPIST-1, not after those monks in Belgium who... Read More