The unjust murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, drew serious national attention to racially biased policing in this country. The Justice Department’s Ferguson Report also revealed draconian criminal justice procedures whereby low-income individuals were... Read More

As nontheists, humanists, secularists, and the like, we pride ourselves on holding a rational and objective worldview. We are backed by science and some of the greatest critical thinkers in history. However, in promoting a... Read More

If you haven’t yet heard, starting in 2018 the luxury fashion brand Gucci will stop selling items made with fur from minks, foxes, rabbits, Karakul lambs, and raccoon dogs (but will still use wool from... Read More

Over the past two years, Baptist Pastor Riley Brown has stolen an estimated $332,000 from the coffers of Broadmoor Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi. For three years, Pastor Robbie Wilkerson of the West Side Church... Read More

Most of us are familiar with the word “apartheid,” an Afrikaans word meaning “separateness.” Perhaps less familiar is the Hebrew word for separation—“hafrada”—used to refer to the Israeli government’s policy regarding Palestinian populations. Similarities between... Read More

For antiabortion crusaders hell bent on chipping away at women’s right to choose, it really does seem like the devil is in the details. Now the Satanic Temple is suing the state of Missouri for... Read More

I am not a geneticist. In fact, when meeting with scientists at the National Institute of Health (NIH), I often paraphrase Denzel Washington’s famous line from the movie Philadelphia: “alright, explain this to me like... Read More