Imperial Borders and Mythical Frontiers The Cruel Truth of Immigration and American Empire
IMMIGRATION IS THE FOCAL POINT of the political moment, and it is the thing we Americans think about most foolishly—with the least history or context, with little common sense, and almost no perspective. It’s talked... Read More
Before and After the Court: The Humanist Interview with Monica L. Miller
MONICA L. MILLER is senior counsel for the American Humanist Association (AHA). She obtained her BA from Pitzer College in 2008, her master’s in public administration from Columbia University in 2009, and three years later... Read More
“America First” All over Again? Historical parallels are always prone to error and abuse,but that doesn’t mean we should stop analogizing
BEFORE STEVE BANNON was kicked out of the White House in the fall of 2017, he said he wanted the Trump presidency to be “as exciting as the 1930s.” Odious as that sounds given Bannon’s... Read More
What’s Really behind Evangelicals’ Climate Denial?
BY ALL ESTIMATES, the earth has gone through five mass extinctions, all of which were the direct result of some form of cataclysmic climate change. These cataclysmic changes were mostly caused by large amounts... Read More
Exploring the Historical Roots of Religious Freedom A Conversation with Steven Waldman
STEVEN WALDMAN is a former journalist he was the national editor of US News & World Report, a national correspondent for Newsweek, and the founder and former editor in chief of Beliefnet), and he served... Read More
Celebrating 200 Years of Walt Whitman
“And I say to any man or woman, Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes. And I say to mankind, Be not curious about God, For I who am curious about... Read More
What a Secular Monument Looks Like
What do war memorials look like and what do they symbolize? What shapes do they take, and whom do they represent? AS PHYSICAL STRUCTURES erected to celebrate armed conflicts, war memorials in the modern era... Read More