Merrill Miller
Posts by Merrill Miller (page 11)
It Could Happen Here: Paraguay’s Draconian Abortion Laws and the U.S.’s Slippery Slope
Imagine how you would feel if the course of your life dramatically altered in one single instant. Your dreams and plans for yourself suddenly... Read More
Humans, Not Monsters: The Boston Bombings, the Aurora Shootings, and the Death Penalty
Recently, two high-profile criminal trials have drawn the focus of the national media: the sentencing trial for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, also known as the “Boston... Read More
Online Harassment with Real-World Consequences: What Humanists Can Do to Combat Sexism on the Internet
On Wednesday, April 16, 2015, I attended a congressional briefing on cyberstalking and online threats hosted by the National Task Force to End Sexual... Read More
Americans Are Warming to the Reality of Climate Change, But What Will Our Elected Officials Do About It?
Last week, researchers at Yale University released a new, interactive map that breaks down what Americans really think about climate change, and the answers... Read More
The Nonreligious Kids Are All Right: New Study Reveals What Millennials Think about Sex
Despite frequent handwringing about all of the casual sex that millennials are having and the perils of hook-up culture, a recently released survey by... Read More
Freedom to Discriminate: How “Religious Liberty” Bills Hurt Us All
Last week, humanists were outraged when Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed a bill that would, among other things, allow businesses to deny service to... Read More
Women Have Finally Achieved Equality…in the Year 2058
The news looks grim for women in a recently released report by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Though women make up half of... Read More