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

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

Many humanists feel that the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) failed to make a critical distinction between criticism and hate speech last week when it included Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Maajid Nawaz, two vocal critics... Read More

The Republican Party is in the middle of a nasty, public divorce. The common affections holding it together, those being anti-abortion, anti-tax, and pro-gun, are being overpowered by the irreconcilable differences of pro-immigration versus nativism,... Read More

Religious institutions have a longstanding tradition of politicking. Just looking back as far the Catholic Roman Empire shows the papal seat was far more a political position than a religious one, with candidates vying for... Read More

People identify as humanists because they care about remediating societal ills and helping humanity to progress. Choosing to live as rationally and compassionately as we can while rejecting the supernatural as a form of truth... Read More

I was registering voters not too long before the California primary in June when two men came in. One registered, and the other thanked us but declined. We asked if he was a citizen and... Read More