Does Marriage Equality Mean Divorce Equality? LGBTQ Rights after Same-Sex Marriage
Humanists have long been allies of the LGBTQ community. Since the 1970s and long before favoring marriage equality was popular, the American Humanist Association has supported the rights of LGBTQ individuals to live authentically. And... Read More
Making the Economic Case for Women’s Empowerment
The Center for American Progress (CAP) held an event on International Women’s Day this past Tuesday featuring speakers in the international development sector who discussed their work in relation to the topic “Strategies for Women’s... Read More
The Oscars, Anything but a Littlefeather Moment
On March 27, 1973, Marlon Brando refused to accept his Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Don Corleone in The Godfather. He had Native American actress Sacheen Littlefeather attend instead. Declining the... Read More
Success in Failure: How Stories of Struggle Can Transform Science Education
Stories are an integral part of human development. They’ve been shared in cultures past and present as a means of entertainment, cultural preservation, and education. Although stories are largely used in academic subjects such as... Read More
Tik Tok on the Clock but Kesha Won’t Stop, No: A Humanist Response to Kesha’s Lawsuit against Dr. Luke
The pop singer Kesha, then called Ke$ha, provided the soundtrack to my senior year of college. During a time in my life that was fraught with graduate school statements of purpose, applications for internships, and... Read More
Girls, Women, and Mass Incarceration: The Problem Nobody’s Talking About
Content note: The following article includes a description of a child’s death. Last Tuesday, I attended an understated congressional briefing centered on an issue that greatly impacts a considerable chunk of the population. Too often... Read More
Does Donald Trump Have Scripture on His Side?
Last week James Carroll wrote a sensitive piece in the New Yorker (“The Radical Meaning of Pope Francis's Visit to Juarez”) about the testy exchange between Pope Francis and Donald Trump regarding immigration. Midway through the... Read More
