Isabelle Oldfield
Isabelle Oldfield is the former Paralegal for the Appignani Humanist Legal Center of the American Humanist Association.
Posts by Isabelle Oldfield
Centering Youth Engagement: A Conversation with a Young Teen Changemaker
This interview has been condensed for length and clarity. In the midst of a global pandemic and an ever-changing political and social climate, all... Read More
Secular Programming Supports America’s Inmates
According to the Prison Policy Initiative’s 2018 report, the US criminal justice system holds nearly 2.3 million people (of the nation’s total 329 million... Read More
BLACK LIVES MATTER: Brookings Holds Discussion on Race, State Violence, and Representation in the United States
According to data from Mapping Police Violence, police in the United States killed 1,147 people last year. Officers were only charged with a crime... Read More
Respecting Religion, Rejecting Discrimination
In a 7-2 ruling issued June 4, 2018, the US Supreme Court found in favor of Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd.,... Read More
Yes Government Appointees, Your Religious Allegiance Does Matter to the Citizenry!
As evidenced by same-sex-marriage-adverse Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, several presidential appointees, and now secretary of state nominee Mike Pompeo, public officials (and those looking... Read More
Islamic Radicalism Looms over December Election in Bangladesh
The South Asian country of Bangladesh, which sits to the east of India and the west of Myanmar, is one on the most densely... Read More
SCOTUS Ruling in Favor of Immunity Spells Trouble for Police Accountability
On Monday, April 2, the Supreme Court issued an unsigned per curiam opinion, ruling in favor of a police officer who in 2010 shot... Read More