Spanish is a grammatically gendered language non-native to the lands that its country of origin colonized, including the Caribbean and South America. Colonialist Catholicism reshaped many Indigenous cultures, including applying the more rigid and westernized... Read More

Musings on the Trump-Nixon connection on John Lennon’s 79th birthday John Lennon—beloved by so many, and particularly by humanists for his song "Imagine"—would have turned seventy-nine today. A year after his eponymously titled album came... Read More

Today, in what will surely be one of the most discussed days of the 2019 term, the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in three cases concerning the scope of Title VII’s prohibition against workplace... Read More

Americans today are thwarted on many fronts from achieving true democracy for all. Paramount are questions about the behavior of the commander in chief, whose actions threaten our very democracy and the very rule of... Read More

In February 2017, workers around the United States participated in a day-long strike, “A Day Without Immigrants,” to showcase their contributions to society in the face of anti-immigration actions being taken or proposed by the... Read More

Growing up, I enjoyed great science and learning programming on television channels such as the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, the Science Channel, National Geographic and the History Channel. Shows like Blue Planet, Through the Wormhole... Read More

When you believe in things That you don't understand, Then you suffer, Superstition ain’t the way —Stevie Wonder, “Superstition” Hey, it’s Friday the 13th, which, according to Western superstition, is unlucky. Whenever the thirteenth day... Read More