The Hidden Agenda of the “Parental Rights” in Education Movement
Legislators across the United States are introducing bills to expand parents’ rights in schools, but is it really about parental empowerment, or is it an attempt to control our classrooms and kids? “PARENTS' RIGHTS have... Read More
The Fragility of Truth in the Existential Crisis
Dr. Michael E. Mann is Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania, with a secondary appointment in the Annenberg School for Communication. He is director of... Read More
The Common Heritage of Humanity
Dr. Stephon Alexander is a Professor of Physics at Brown University and former President of the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP). He had previous appointments at Stanford University, Imperial College, Penn State, Dartmouth College,... Read More
Acceptance and Calling In
Dr. David Breeden received the American Humanist Association’s Humanist Distinguished Service Award at the 82nd Annual Conference in Denver, CO in May. He is Senior Minister at First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis (FUS). As a... Read More
Invisible No Longer Politically Empowering the Humanist and Atheist Communities
A discussion with: Lily Bolourian, AHA Legal and Policy Director; Sarah Levin, founder of Secular Strategies; and Ron Millar, Political and PAC Coordinator at the Center for Freethought Equality This text is excerpted from a... Read More
More Light Than Heat The Importance of Education in Coping with Climate Change
The Climate Book, a massive anthology compiled by Greta Thunberg—the young Swedish environmental activist who won global fame after she launched her School Strike for Climate in 2018—offers a compendious treatment of climate change. Its... Read More
Climate Change Lesson Sets from the National Center for Science Education (NCSE)
Working with experts on climate science and master science teachers, the National Center for Science Education developed a group of lesson sets on climate change aimed at helping science teachers to dismantle the most common... Read More