Should We Be Patriotic?

Ideally, we would all love the country we live in and be proud to serve it. You don’t need to believe it’s the best country in the world to strive to make it the best... Read More

Ruling against Truth: NIFLA v. Becerra

On Tuesday, June 26, the Supreme Court ruled against women, against evidence- and science-based healthcare, and against truth. In a highly contested 5-4 vote, the justices decided in favor of the National Institute of Family... Read More

Post-Kennedy Panic Justice Kennedy was far from perfect, but how bad will things be now?

Panic is in the air. The announcement of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement might have been welcomed by humanists if there was any likelihood that his replacement would be someone whose jurisprudence furthers human-centered public policy.... Read More

Conform or Crumble? Would staunch Catholics in Ireland destroy hospitals to buck new law?

After a landslide vote to repeal Ireland’s thirty-five-year constitutional ban on pregnancy terminations, all publicly funded hospitals in Ireland, including Catholic hospitals, will now be required to perform abortions. Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar made... Read More

Why “Five Fierce Humanists”? A Comment on White Supremacy and the “Movement”

Several months ago, after seeing issue after issue of the Humanist magazine with white folks on the cover, I approached editor Jennifer Bardi with the idea for a feature story on Black women humanists that... Read More