“BUBONIC PLAGUE is the inescapable reference point in any discussion of infectious diseases and their impact on society,” writes Yale University History Professor Frank M. Snowden in his 2019 book, Epidemics and Society from the... Read More

In 2019, Democratic women from the US House of Representatives invoked the suffragists of a century before by wearing white to the State of the Union. It was a powerful symbol of solidarity and a... Read More

In 1878 Congress first considered a constitutional amendment that read: The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on... Read More

Religion has long played a powerful role in the subjugation of women. As humanists who champion human agency, including the freedom of and from religion, we have chosen to highlight several suffragists who vocally challenged the... Read More

"WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER." If a pandemic can be said to have a slogan, this was surely it. Please, don’t take my word for it. Let’s ask Google. As a search term, “together” drifted... Read More

Research in America is parsing the depths of psychological trauma, revealing invisible injuries beyond the traditional diagnosis of PTSD. This has important applications for healthcare workers caught up in the COVID-19 pandemic. Amid myriad tragic... Read More

THE PANDEMIC experts long anticipated has now arrived, and it has quickly become a new reality for all of us. Welcome to the age of COVID-19. Predictably, you have already been exposed to a barrage... Read More