Jessica Valenti, 2014 Humanist Heroine Jessica Valenti is the founder of the influential feminist website, Feministing, and the author of four books on feminism, politics, and culture: Full Frontal Feminism (2007); He’s a Stud, She’s... Read More

Uranus is a really weird planet in our solar system. Yet, it is also an archetypal planet among the many recently discovered exoplanets (planets circling stars other than our own sun). It seems that small,... Read More

A SKILLED, dedicated criminal defense attorney sits alone with his client in a dreary jailhouse holding cell. The defendant is charged with a serious felony and, unfortunately for her, the prosecution’s evidence of guilt in... Read More

AS THESE WORDS are written, Oregon and Washington State are burning, much of California and Texas are withering without water, Boulder, Colorado, was recently flooded (where I once lived was partly under water), and not... Read More

IF YOU DON'T keep up on your fearmongering Christian commentary, you may have missed this item from the online WorldNetDaily: Secret experiments now underway in the U.S. and elsewhere are sparking fears of a potential... Read More

Despite the amazing progress women have made in attaining equality, there are two areas in which women still noticeably lag: the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields and in administrative and coaching jobs on... Read More

It seems you can’t turn on a television, listen to the radio, or read a newspaper without receiving regular updates about the ever-increasing death toll in West Africa from the Ebola virus. With its dramatic... Read More