Speaking as an Elder about Our Energy Future
Dr. David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, and author. He is a Companion of the Order of Canada and a recipient of UNESCO’s Kalinga Prize for science, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) medal, the... Read More
Because I Want Us to Do Better
Ijeoma Oluo is a Seattle-based writer and speaker, focusing on feminism, race and identity, social justice, and economic issues for the Stranger, Medium, the Washington Post, the Guardian, TIME magazine, and other outlets. She also... Read More
Parodies of Power: Why Satire Is Needed Now More Than Ever
Andrew Bradley is the creator of the satirical character Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian™. Betty is played by co-producer Deven Green in YouTube videos that have reached over ten million viewers. Bradley writes all... Read More
About a Boy: My Transition from Religion and the Trauma It Inflicts
As a transgender high school student in Gloucester County, Virginia, Gavin Grimm sued the Gloucester Country School Board in 2015 for the right to use the boys’ bathrooms at his school. Representing Grimm, the ACLU... Read More
Yes, Yeshivas Must Include Secular Education
I’ve spoken often about a Tale of Two Cities [sic]. That inequality—that feeling of a few doing very well, while so many slip further behind—that is the defining challenge of our time. Because inequality in... Read More
Natural Disasters & the Humanist Response At Foundation Beyond Belief, Recovery Is a Human Rights Issue
LAST FALL THE UNITED STATES and the Caribbean were battered by three devastating, record-breaking hurricanes—Harvey in Texas and Louisiana, Irma in the Caribbean and Florida, and Maria in Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands. The... Read More
As the Christian Church Crumbles, is Humanism Ready to Step Up?
THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH in the developed world is in collapse. This is true notwithstanding the current political resurgence of the religious right, which demographics show to be a cultural stab from the grave. Three million... Read More