Women “Equal” in STEM Hiring? Not So Fast
To all the white scientists reading this, raise your hand high if you’ve ever been mistaken for “the help” in your university or government-funded lab. A study conducted last year at the UC Hastings College... Read More
Encountering an Exciting Brand of Humanism in Denver (and Yes, I Inhaled It)
[caption id="attachment_12424" align="alignleft" width="415"] 2015 Humanist Heroine Jean Kilbourne and AHA staff[/caption] I attended my ninth American Humanist Association conference last week (this was the 74th annual, held in Denver, Colorado) and I can tell... Read More
Artistic Activism or Disguised Discrimination?
Last week tragedy struck very near my hometown of Dallas, Texas, when religious extremists attacked a cartoon contest in North Texas. It should be noted that this wasn’t just any cartoon contest, it was a... Read More
V-Rex: The Most Ferocious Vegetarian Around?
The Frankenstein monster of prehistoric times has been discovered, all thanks to seven-year-old Diego Suarez. The first remains of Chilesaurus diegosuarezi were unearthed by Suarez on a trip to Patagonia with his geologist parents. He... Read More
Town Hall Prayers Continued: Just Not from On High
Today is the National Day of Prayer, a day on which government officials across the country will violate one of the foundational principles of our society and government—the separation between church and state. They will... Read More
Greece v. Galloway – A Year on the Front Lines
On the evening of May 5, 2014, I was sitting with Linda Stephens, one of the two plaintiffs in the Town of Greece v. Galloway case, as we waited for the start of a board... Read More
Punching for Jesus: Will God Take Sides in the “Fight of the Century”?
Boxing and religion have often intersected in dramatic fashion, far beyond the thanks winning fighters routinely give to God. Perhaps the former Cassius Clay provided the most famous incidence of this in the mid-1960s when... Read More