USCIRF’s Annual Report Misses the Mark on Bangladesh
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recently released their closely watched annual report on religious freedom, and while the report does a thorough job of chronicling religious freedom abuses against religious minorities and... Read More
Sessions to Those Fleeing Domestic and Gang Violence: Not Our Problem
On Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions declared that domestic and gang violence are not legitimate grounds for asylum. Sessions’ ruling overturns a 2016 immigration appeals court decision that granted asylum to a Salvadoran woman whose... Read More
A “Kaleidoscope of Extraordinary Parts”: Humanists Celebrate LGBTQ Intersectionality at Capital Pride
This past weekend I had the pleasure of joining fellow humanists, atheists, and freethinkers at the 43rd Capital Pride Festival. This event occurs annually in Washington, DC, as a part of a weekend to educate,... Read More
What Happened in Vegas Extends beyond Vegas
Hundreds of humanists gathered last weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the American Humanist Association’s 77th Annual Conference. Attendees came together to celebrate humanism and learn more about a variety of topics, including social justice,... Read More
Humanists in Houston: Joining Foundation Beyond Belief’s Disaster Response Program
Last August Hurricane Harvey made landfall as a category four hurricane, wreaking havoc on the Texas coast with a deluge of more than fifty inches of rain in parts of the Houston area that flooded... Read More
Humanism on the Hill—Jared Huffman and the Congressional Freethought Caucus
It all started when one courageous member of Congress responded to a questionnaire from a nontheist political action committee As you are well aware, our current political climate is toxic, and yet recent developments give... Read More
Welcome to the “Parachurch”: Focus on the Family Twists the Truth to Protect Donors
When Focus on the Family, the nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting a Christian fundamentalist view of the world, made a case to the IRS that its tax designation should be changed from “nonprofit religious organization”... Read More