Inmates to Those on the Outside: We Need Your Help!

“We are men! We are not beasts, and we do not intend to be beaten or driven as such.” —Inmate spokesperson L.D. Barkley speaking hours after a bloody riot broke out at Attica prison in... Read More
Unhealthy: Why GoFundMe Isn’t the Answer for an Underinsured America

If you’re on social media, you’ve undoubtedly had your heartstrings pulled by numerous crowdfunding campaigns featuring tragic stories of those unable to pay for life-saving medical treatments or burdened by astronomical amounts of medical debt;... Read More
Toward a New Theology of Foreign Policy

I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened,... Read More
A Tale of Two Rallies? Two (Slightly) Different Responses to Sunday’s Counterprotests

Part I This weekend, the American Humanist Association was a visible presence at the Still Here, Still Strong rally, joining thousands of people at Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC, and marching to the White House... Read More
Simultaneously Fighting for Secular Government and LGBTQ Rights

Today, LGBTQ rights have become the battleground in the US culture war between those clinging to discriminatory religious beliefs and a growing coalition of the nonreligious and their progressive religious allies. Among all religious categories,... Read More
Bible-Thumping Democrats Should Be a Curiosity

Running in the Democratic primary for Governor of Florida, candidate Chris King has called himself “something of a curiosity in the Democratic Party” because he is strongly religious. Pro-choice, pro-immigration, and pro-separation of church and... Read More
Climate Change’s Newest Effect: Gentrification

Despite efforts to minimize humanity’s footprint on the Earth, global temperatures continue to rise accompanied by more droughts, increases in sea levels, shrinking glaciers, stronger tropical storms, and wildfires such as those currently raging in... Read More