A Woman’s Place? The Dearth of Women in the Secular Movement
The following article is adapted from a speech given at the Women in Secularism Conference sponsored by the Center for Inquiry and held in Washington, DC, in May 2012. The underrepresentation of women in the... Read More
The Humanist Interview with Gloria Steinem
2012 Humanist of the Year Gloria Steinem sat down with the Humanist magazine at the 71st Annual Conference of the American Humanist Association, held June 7-10, 2012, in New Orleans. The following is an adapted... Read More
The “Return” of the Welfare Queens: Feminism, Secularism, and Anti-Racism
“The percentage of white feminists who are concerned about racism is still a minority of the movement, and even within this minority those who are personally sensitive and completely serious about formulating an activist challenge... Read More
Free Will and the Anders Breivik Trial
On the first day of his trial, Anders Breivik admitted to planting a bomb that killed eight people outside the Norwegian prime minister’s office in Oslo on July 22, 2011, then shooting dead sixty-nine people,... Read More
Nonbeliever Nation: The Rise of Secular Americans
“Religious freedom is a cherished American value,” writes David Niose in his new book, Nonbeliever Nation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), “but religious predominance is not.” Published in July, the book takes the reader through a history... Read More
Evolution, Humanism, and Conservation: The Humanist Interview with Richard Leakey
Richard Leakey is a world-renowned paleoanthropologist whose career has been marked by famous scientific finds, political office, and conservation efforts. His family is equally accomplished in the field of anthropology, starting with his parents, Louis... Read More
Prick the Bubbles, Pass the Mantle: Hitchens as Orwell’s Successor
He is often called Orwell’s heir because of his fervent love for the writer. In the end, Christopher Hitchens was the most important Orwellian thinker since Orwell. When looking back on the life of the... Read More