David I. Orenstein
Posts by David I. Orenstein (page 3)
Gagging on the Global Gag Rule and More
Trump’s Religious Push to Control Women’s Bodies and Why We Must Resist Christopher Hitchens was quite fond of pulling the curtain off Mother Teresa’s... Read More
Dear Germany: The Right to Wear Your Faith is a Human Right
Writing this piece for TheHumanist.com helped to challenge my own ideas and assumptions about the role religion plays in the civic lives of citizens.... Read More
Honoring World Human Rights Day All Year
The American Humanist Association is proud to support the United Nations (UN) and its efforts to bring about a global vision of human rights... Read More
Pressure from Religious Nations Checks UN Action for Human Rights
In a world where religious faith seems to be losing its grip on the policies and politics of our time, it appears that those... Read More
What Made the 75th Annual AHA Conference So Important to Me
It’s now been one month since the American Humanist Association held its 75th Annual Conference in Chicago. Having reflected on the experience—this was my... Read More
Confronting Religious Terrorism as a UN Mandate
“I am Yezidi and what can be done by the United Nations and civil society groups to stop the genocide of my people by... Read More
At the United Nations, More Work to Be Done for Religious Freedom and the Rights of the Child
At the United Nations this week, the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, provided an update on the state of... Read More