“Shaking” It Up: Centering Black Quakers on Juneteenth
Freedom Day, better known to some as Juneteenth, has been commemorated on June 19th as a federal holiday in the United States since 2021. Although some people believe that Juneteenth is “the day that slavery... Read More
A Meditation on African-American Humanism: Through the Lens of a Black Disabled Feminist Skeptic from Gen-Z
The African American Humanism course I took this spring at Pitzer College confirmed that people like me do exist even though we’re not supposed to. As taught by Sikivu Hutchinson, this course unlocked access to... Read More
What Would My Momma Think? Humanist Reflections of a Radical Black Femme
This article is part of a series of two from students in a course on humanism at Pitzer College taught by Sikivu Hutchinson. The other article will be posted next week. Both articles were previously posted... Read More
Humanism in the Military
May is National Military Appreciation Month. This became the case surprisingly recently, in 1999, and was first proposed by veteran and Senator John McCain. May was chosen as the month due to the number of... Read More
Protecting Access to Emergency Abortion Care is a Matter of Life or Death
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments in consolidated cases Idaho v. U.S. and Moyle v. U.S. that threaten the lives of pregnant people across the country by jeopardizing access to... Read More
HERB’S CORNER | No Gods
Every deity ever worshipped is the product of ancient superstition invented by people who knew little about the universe and our place in it. They didn’t know our Earth revolves around the Sun or that... Read More
HUMANIST EDGE | Florida’s Chaplain Bill Throws Gates Wide Open
Bills allowing chaplains in public schools, like the one described in this article, have now been proposed in at least thirteen states across the country. Florida is the most recent of several states which have... Read More
