ACCORDING TO HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS and archeologists, cannabis has been used as medicine in China for over 5,000 years. Currently, thirty-three US states and the District of Columbia have legalized cannabis for medical use, and eleven... Read More

WELCOME TO THE NEW ROARING TWENTIES. The “roar” heard at the dawn of these 2020s isn’t the boisterousness and glitz for which last century’s twenties are remembered but rather the sound of the monstrous fires... Read More

On January 28, 2020, the testimony of Rafida Bonya Ahmed, a humanist activist and author, was presented before the United States House of Representatives in a joint hearing on “Ending Global Religious Persecution.” For the... Read More

If Religious Preference Is a Violation of the Constitution, What Are Humanists Doing about It? “DOES IT VIOLATE the Religion Clauses or Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution to invalidate a generally available... Read More

FEBRUARY 2020 MARKS the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Bertrand Russell—someone many readers of this magazine will know already for the essay adaptation of a lecture he gave in 1927 called “Why I Am... Read More

“Do you believe in a citizen’s right to gun ownership?” “I do.” “Do you believe that the life of an unborn child should be protected?” “I do.” “And do you believe that religious freedom should... Read More

A FEW YEARS AGO, I found myself digging into the history of the humanist movement. Humanists were edging away from the confrontational celebrities of post-9/11 atheism and claiming historical humanist figures in campaigns to make... Read More