Immigrants and Violence: Americans Were a Lot Braver in 1920

On the night of June 2, 1919, the assistant secretary of the Navy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and his wife Eleanor walked past the home of Attorney General Mitchell Palmer. Just after they entered their house,... Read More
Will the Tuam Babies Scandal Ignite an Investigation into Church-State Relations in Ireland?

In 2012 amateur historian Catherine Corless began investigating the abandoned Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland. Disconcerted by the lack of media attention given to her finding that 796 babies... Read More
Less Sex, No Problem?

According to a new study published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, American adults are having less sex now than their counterparts were thirty years ago. During the 1990s the average US adult was engaging... Read More
Humanist Women in History: Priscilla Robertson

March is Women’s History Month in the United States, the UK, and Australia. In commemoration we bring you the third of our five-part series: “Humanist Women in History.” The first installment profiled Shirley Chisholm and... Read More
Trump Snubs “Nerd Prom,” and We Should Be Grateful

Given Donald Trump’s hostility toward the press, we shouldn’t be surprised by the announcement that he plans to skip this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. It’s rare for a sitting president to miss the event—the... Read More
When Cherry-Picking Bible Verses, Why Pick Such Rotten Ones?

Nowadays, you might say civil liberties and the religious right mix as well as oil and water. There is a staunch resistance from the Right to just about any minority civil liberty, yet their reasons... Read More
Humanist Women in History: Frances Fox Piven

March is Women’s History Month in the United States, the UK, and Australia. In commemoration we bring you the second of our five-part series: “Humanist Women in History.” The first, on Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American... Read More