Religion Is Not Health Insurance
The US healthcare system can be summed up in one word: disaster. Millions of Americans live without health insurance, an issue that has long plagued presidential administrations. The Obama administration enacted the Affordable Care Act... Read More
The National Rubber Stamp for Theocracy Breakfast
As representatives from fifty US states and 140 countries gathered for the annual National Prayer Breakfast, President Donald Trump delivered an address that lacked the bluster from his previous year’s address. Unlike his first remarks... Read More
One Small Step for Satanists, One Giant Leap for Abortion Rights?
The Satanic Temple and its member, identified as Mary Doe, celebrated a victory recently in their case challenging Missouri’s informed consent laws. Missouri Solicitor General D. John Sauer announced that ultrasounds, which are generally perceived... Read More
Medical Aid-In-Dying Must Continue and Reform
In late January, opinion writer Charles Lane wrote in the Washington Post about a medical aid-in-dying case that happened in the Netherlands in 2016. Lane notes that a Dutch woman requested a medical aid-in-dying procedure... Read More
Don’t Celebrate Black History Month without Creating Paths toward Free Black Futures Imagine a nation committed to realizing a free Black America
Today marks the official start to another twenty-eight-day cycle where the media, public schools, and a considerable chunk of the U.S. population will reach into their Black History Month chest, dust off a few totems,... Read More
If You Think Most Were as Disturbed by Trump’s SOTU as You Were, Think Again
Over 47 million Americans tuned in to watch President Trump’s State of the Union address and of those viewers, only 25 percent disapproved of his speech. So much for the opposition staying woke. Speaking to... Read More
The Arbitrary Inquisition of a Humanist Asylum Seeker
Earlier this month, the United Kingdom’s Home Office informed Hamza bin Walayat that his application for asylum was denied. Walayat, a native of Pakistan, has lived in the UK since 2011. Having rejected the traditional... Read More