Genetic Surveillance: For Progress or Profit?
With the release of the Panama Papers, it’s a good time to consider the idea of raw data. The more technological and scientific progress we make, the more that once-inscrutable elements of nature and society... Read More
Can You Believe in Heaven if You Don’t Believe in God?
While many nontheists define their humanism, atheism, or agnosticism by their lack of belief in gods, one might likely assume that this disbelief in deities also translates into a doubt of an afterlife. However, according... Read More
More Bathroom Bills Arise after South Dakota Defeat
This past February we covered a proposed bill in South Dakota that would’ve prevented transgender students from using bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identities. Though fortunately that bill was vetoed shortly... Read More
Willing to Take, But Not to Give
Over the past few years, we’ve heard numerous stories of evangelical Christians and businesses opposing various practices that they feel clash with their religious views. Take for example the infamous case of the bakery that... Read More
Keep Your Religion Off My Birth Control: Humanists Rally at the Supreme Court
Yesterday members and staff of the American Humanist Association joined with other organizations in taking a stand in defense of reproductive rights and the separation of church and state at the front of the US... Read More
We Walk by Faith… Sort Of
We walk by faith, and not by sight; No gracious words we hear From him who spoke as none e’er spoke; But we believe him near. From “We Walk by Faith” Text: Henry Alford, 1810-1871... Read More
Charting the Evolutionary History of Life
The synthesis of all known species into one tree of life has been avoided by the scientific community—until now. In an effort spanning three years, researchers from thirteen institutions collaborated to complete the first draft... Read More
