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
What’s Real about Fake News
Last week Breitbart, the leading mouthpiece of the “alt-right” (the term used by the media to describe a white-nationalist, anti-Semitic, fascist movement), began a war on the weather. By using a Weather Channel video created... Read More
