Make America Sick Again: A Humanist Response to the Affordable Care Act Repeal

Last week the US Senate and House of Representatives paved the way to begin repealing President Obama’s signature program, the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Though hardly a perfect law, the ACA brought health insurance to... Read More
More towards Humanism: Recognizing and Eliminating Toxic Masculinity

Fellas, as we begin 2017 I think it’s way past time we focused on delivering women and other people of marginalized genders and ourselves a gift that will be appreciated more than anything else: a... Read More
How the Judeo-Christian Values Construct Reinforces American Hostility with the Muslim World

The theocratic wing of the Republican party, embraced by the incoming Trump administration, constantly reinforces the narrative that America is a nation founded on Judeo-Christian values and that the more it opens itself to cultural influences outside... Read More
Is Burning Man Becoming a Religion?

When Burning Man, the radical arts festival and temporary city erected in the Nevada desert each year, announced that the theme for 2017’s event was “Radical Ritual”—derived from religious symbologies worldwide—many regular attendees viewed this... Read More
Standing with Standing Rock: My Humanism Won’t Let Me Stay Silent

during the last week of October, I made a twenty-four-hour drive to join in the resistance efforts at the Standing Rock encampments near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. Hundreds of indigenous nations and non-Native accomplices... Read More
A Humanist Remembrance

Almost one year ago, on January 1, 2016, Robert James Allen died from a self-inflicted gunshot to the head. To this day, those of us who loved him haven't come to grips with his suicide. We... Read More
What We Know about the Nones’ Education from the Latest Pew Study

Many humanists are likely already familiar with the Pew Research Center’s reports on religiously unaffiliated individuals and atheists in the United States. In June, Pew released “Ten Facts about Atheists” that confirmed many hunches that... Read More