Merrill Miller
Posts by Merrill Miller (page 6)
Who Understands Women’s Health Better than Women?
Humanists have long been aware of attempts by the religious right to chip away at women’s access to abortion. Since the US Supreme Court... Read More
Tik Tok on the Clock but Kesha Won’t Stop, No: A Humanist Response to Kesha’s Lawsuit against Dr. Luke
The pop singer Kesha, then called Ke$ha, provided the soundtrack to my senior year of college. During a time in my life that was... Read More
Evolving Humanism in Light of Genetic Ambiguities
Darwin’s conceptualization of the tree of life (which developed into the phylogenetic trees biologists use today) often seems to present evolution as smooth lines... Read More
Infected with Dogma: How South America’s Response to the Zika Virus Fails Women
Seemingly overnight, a virus once previously thought to be mild has received national attention and elicited warnings from international organizations. Spreading now across more... Read More
Racial Representation: The Final Frontier in Science Fiction
Representation matters. Sociologists and psychologists have long known that when we see others like us in important and powerful positions, we can imagine what... Read More
A Flood of Tax Breaks for Noah’s Ark
Many humanists are both bemused and irritated by Ken Ham, a vocal creationist and evolution denier. Ham runs the Kentucky Creation Museum and famously... Read More
Americans Lack Knowledge about Civil Liberties. But is Privately Funded Education the Answer?
Our civil rights are the cornerstone of American democracy. They grant each individual liberties that the government must not infringe upon, and they place... Read More