Struggling with Mein Kampf
A controversy has arisen surrounding the German republication of Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler’s infamous memoir/Nazi manifesto. Although copies of this historical literary work (in English My Struggle) aren’t totally impossible to find in Germany and... Read More
On Perverts and Terrorists: The Semantics of ISIS
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. But is ISIS, ISIL, IS, SIC, or Da’ish as Islamic? At the February 18 White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism, President Barack Obama cut... Read More
I.U.D. (Informed Unbelieving Daughters): Why Young Women Might Be Leaving Religion
Many humanists are already aware of the growing percentage of the US population that identifies as nonreligious. According to a study by the Pew Research Center, about 20 percent of people identify with no religion,... Read More
Humanism and the #BlackLivesMatter Movement
“If American democracy will not insure equality of opportunity, freedom and justice to its citizens, black and white, it is a hollow mockery and belies the principles for which it is supposed to stand.” —A.... Read More
Out of this World Relationship Dilemma—Would He Leave Me for Mars?
When the list of finalists for the Mars One mission was released on February 16, I was relieved to see that my boyfriend wasn’t on it. From an initial pool of 202,586 applicants, Mars One,... Read More
Oh Yulee! Florida High School Administration Goes from 'A' to 'F' in Understanding the Constitution
Students should not be made to feel like outsiders in public schools merely because they don’t believe in any god. So, when our office received two separate complaints from atheist students at Yulee High School... Read More
Murder and Militant Atheism
As atheists, humanists, agnostics, and freethinkers, we have the distinct luxury of lacking an extremist base. As a community (albeit a fractured one) without an established dogma, there is nothing that commands nontheists to commit... Read More
