Don’t Despair! Humanist Values Prevailed in Several State Ballot Initiatives
For months I’ve been anxious to see Loving, a new film featuring the true story of Mildred and Richard Loving, the plaintiffs in the groundbreaking Supreme Court case that overturned laws prohibiting interracial marriage. As... Read More
Ignorance Won. Can We Return to Reason?
The time is past due for progressive America to rethink its strategies. As the number of secular freethinkers has risen, they, along with people of color, supporters of the LGBTQ community, and other progressive people... Read More
Carl Sagan, YOLO, and the Art of Falling
I fell out of a plane the other day. I'm not going to lie—it was as terrifying as you could imagine (or know, if you've done it yourself). My anxiety was at an understandably elevated... Read More
Humanism and Its Aspirations
As the world begins to process the US presidential election results, we'd like to revisit Humanist Manifesto III: Humanism and Its Aspirations. Let it be a source of strength & confidence in the humanist worldview.... Read More
Same Song, Different Era: America is Doomed. Thanks, Heathens
It's a very common sentiment that America is on the precipice of losing her place as the preeminent superpower of the world because our moral compass has been misdirected by an ever-increasing secularism and the... Read More
The Aliens of the Gaps
Humanists are already familiar with the “God of the gaps” theory, which refers to poorly made arguments assuming that if a phenomenon doesn’t have an immediate explanation, then it can be credited to a deity.... Read More
A Breakdown of Your Mansplaining on Social Media about Gender Pay Equity
In 2015 the World Economic Forum estimated that it would take 118 years for the world’s women to finally gain equal pay. This year things are looking even worse, as the gender wage gap has... Read More