Eight Reasons Darwin Almost Didn’t Board the HMS Beagle

For Charles Darwin, it was an invitation from his former Cambridge mentor J.S. Henslow that would change his life. Up until that time, Darwin had been given nothing more than what his uncle Josiah Wedgwood... Read More
Humanism, Doubt, and Optimism

(Please see AHA’s statement on sexual harassment allegations against Dr. Krauss here.) LAWRENCE KRAUSS has had an extensive and impressive career in theoretical physics. He received undergraduate degrees in mathematics and physics at Carleton University... Read More
The Single Greatest, Most Important, Most Influential Invention in the History of Humankind

THE ONION is a world-renowned satirical publication started in 1988 by University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduates Tim Keck and Christopher Johnson. After gaining popularity in college towns and then on the Internet with the launch of... Read More
The Road to and from Extreme Religious Liberty

MARCI A. HAMILTON is one of the United States’ leading church/state scholars, a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Program in Religion and Urban Civil Society, and holds the Paul R. Verkuil Chair in... Read More
Jesus is a Brand of Jeans

JEAN KILBOURNE is the author of Can’t Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel and So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect... Read More
An Education: Challenging Bigotry in My High School and Beyond

As a high school student, Isaiah Smith challenged various church-state issues in his home state of Texas. His activism has been recognized by the Huffington Post, Dallas Voice, and TIME magazine. He is the founder... Read More
Beauty: An Excerpt from Barbara G. Walker’s Belief & Unbelief

Last week the Dalai Lama made headlines by saying, “That female must be attractive, otherwise it is not much use.” Leaving aside whether he was joking, whether statements like this are okay even if they... Read More