White Privilege and Humanist Leadership
As progressives, humanists are a feisty, opinionated lot. My new book, The Best of the Humanist: Humanist Philosophy 1928–1973, shows this to be true from the beginning of the movement. For example, a contested question... Read More
Dance with the Donald What Evangelicals’ Infatuation with Trump Portends for Religion in America
With Donald J. Trump in the White House, conservative white evangelicals have never had it so good. Trump picked one of their own as his vice president, grants their media special favored access, and gives... Read More
Theocratic Mercenary Erik Prince and the Christian Right
President Donald Trump’s election allowed the Christian right to achieve a new level of domination in the US government. Since the 1960s, the Christian right has become the loudest voice in the Republican Party, moving... Read More
The Humanist Interview with Greg Epstein
GREG M. EPSTEIN has been the humanist chaplain at Harvard since 2005, where he also serves on the executive committee of the thirty-five-member corps of Harvard chaplains. He serves as executive director of the Humanist... Read More
Checking Humanism’s Privilege and Pulse An Interview with Sincere Kirabo
Sincere Kirabo has a background in social science and his critiques of social issues have been published in various media outlets, including the Humanist, Black Youth Project, the Establishment, and Everyday Feminism. In May 2017... Read More
#WeToo?
The secular community is having a #MeToo moment. Some say it’s about time. Others say not so fast. In 1915 the American suffragist and writer Alice Duer Miller published a slim and delightful book of... Read More
Hard to Believe Conditions that Discredit Victims of Sexual Assault and Sanction Esteemed Offenders
In Greek mythology, Cassandra is the beautiful young mortal pursued by the god Apollo. To convince her to give into his advances, Apollo promises to bestow upon her the gift of prophecy. Although Cassandra is... Read More