Breaking Camp Humanist Service Corps Assists Ghanaians Accused of Witchcraft
In the early morning hours, Azara Majira is setting up her small store in her home village of Bandiyili in the Northern Region of Ghana. She sings softly to herself. Her store isn’t much more... Read More
The Future of Sex How technology, morality, and politics are reshaping human sexuality
STOP ME IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS: a Texas man is suing for the right to marry his Apple computer. Actually, stop me anyway. Chris Sevier’s real aim is to get the Supreme Court to overturn... Read More
Tough Fluidity Complex considerations for trans youth
Snips and snails And puppy-dogs’ tails That’s what little boys are made of. Sugar and spice And all that’s nice That’s what little girls are made of. LAST YEAR WAS A BIG YEAR FOR... Read More
Everything You Know about Sex Is Wrong Part 1: The Gender Binary
This article has been adapted from the talk I gave on June 10, 2017, at the 76th Annual Conference of the American Humanist Association in Charleston, South Carolina. Because all of humanity’s misconceptions about sex... Read More
Reason in Bronze Clarence Darrow to reunite with William Jennings Bryan at Dayton courthouse
“Can't you understand? That if you take a law like evolution and you make it a crime to teach it in the public schools, tomorrow you can make it a crime to teach it in... Read More
A French Humanist’s Philosophical Last Will and Testament
A few weeks ago, my very good friend Pascal Bouveret died of lung cancer and pulmonary fibrosis. Pascal was a blue-collar intellectual—a man from modest circumstances who was remarkably cultured, exceedingly informed, and opinionated yet... Read More
Christian Hegemony in the Age of Trump
THE PRAYERS of the religious right appeared to have been answered on Election Day when Donald Trump, who vowed to defend “our Christian heritage,” was elected president of the United States. Emboldened by their electoral... Read More