Betsy Devos’s Title IX Timeline: Rocky at Best, Disaster at Worst
When US Secretary of Education Betsy Devos announced her intention to restructure Title IX back in November of 2018, it left the educational community nervous and civil rights advocates on alert. Part of the Education... Read More
Secular Student Alliance to Hold Virtual Graduation Celebration
The COVID-19 pandemic has turned our world upside down. Nowhere is this more true than on college campuses. Seven weeks ago, colleges and universities began to close down in compliance with state and federal advice... Read More
COVID and Communities: How Are LGBTQ+ People Affected?
The American Humanist Association adopted a resolution in 2004 stating that the organization "reaffirms the validity of sexual equality and supports local, state, and federal action to legalize same-sex marriage.” With the outbreak of COVID-19,... Read More
Dose of Dopamine: Good News in Troubled Times
To say things aren’t going great is a bit of an understatement. Sometimes, though, it’s important and necessary to take a step back and look at recent remarkable and uplifting stories. We call it a... Read More
SCOTUS Watch: Disenfranchising Voters in April, Going Public in May
Tony Evers, governor of Wisconsin, took the threats of COVID-19 seriously when he planned to delay the general election vote and extend the window for absentee ballots so voters could stay at home. However, Republicans... Read More
Humanize the Vote
For the last twelve years, as the senior leader at the Washington Ethical Society, I have been a movement-bridger—often feeling like the most religious person in secular gatherings and the most secular person in religious... Read More
Donald, Betsy, and Mike: Head Cheerleaders for Private School Vouchers
Consider the term “school choice.” It sounds nice, but in reality it’s a friendly name for a political ideology that, at its core, threatens to undermine public schools, effective state budgeting, and the separation of... Read More