MARTIN R. CASTRO served as chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) from 2011 until December 2016 and was the first Latino chairperson in the commission’s history. In September 2016 the USCCR... Read More

SUSIE BRIGHT is an acclaimed sex writer, feminist, and civil rights activist. From 1984-1991 she published On Our Backs, the first lesbian sex magazine produced by women, for which she wrote the “Susie Sexpert” advice... Read More

HERB SILVERMAN is the founder of the Secular Coalition for America and of the Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry in Charleston, South Carolina. He is Distinguished Mathematics Professor Emeritus of the College of Charleston and... Read More

WHILE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES have long been touted as philanthropic and generous, with many datasets showing that religious people give more money to charities compared to their secular counterparts, humanism prides itself on compassion and mutual... Read More

THERE IS ONE AVENUE towards my personal experience of wonder that is guaranteed: Yosemite National Park. I grew up less than an hour from the valley floor and spent many lazy Saturday afternoons dangling my... Read More

Gordon Gamm (left) is a retired attorney, an active investor, and a humanist philanthropist who lives in Boulder, Colorado, with his wife Grace (right). In addition to the major activities mentioned in this interview (which... Read More

Cherri Pitts has been an active member of South Texas Atheists for Reason (STAR) since February 2016 and became STAR’s director of administration in July of 2016. She’s also a regular volunteer at the atheist/humanist... Read More