MisDEMeanor: When It Comes to Legislators and Civil Disobedience, Why Is It Only the Dems?

Three democratic representatives walk into a jail. No, that’s not the set-up for a joke. It’s something that happened recently in New York, when US Reps. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) and Raúl Grijalva... Read More
Human Values Bring Theists and Nontheists Together against the RAISE Act

Family values are generally defined as the cultural values passed on from generation to generation within families regarding structure, function, roles, beliefs, attitudes, and ideals. Conservatives usually fall all over themselves to support family values, but... Read More
The “Human” in “Humanist” Includes Trans

Last week the Trump administration launched one of the most aggressive attacks on the LGBTQ community to date. On Wednesday, Donald Trump announced via Twitter that “After consultation with my generals and military experts, please... Read More
Ugly Ties: The Trump Administration and Hate Groups

The Trump administration has had no problem speaking to, working with, and headhunting from organizations classified as hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Here, I have compiled numerous instances of officials in... Read More
For the Love of Women! Absurd Abortion Laws Must Be Stopped

The assault on constitutional rights and civil liberties coming from the religious right and the GOP continues, as conservative Republicans set their sites on purging life-saving care and abortive services from women’s healthcare. In Wisconsin,... Read More
The Liberal Lean to States’ Rights

“Our administration wants you to innovate. Now is the time to usher in a new era of state-based innovation,” Vice President Mike Pence recently told a group of apprehensive Republican governors who opposed the cuts... Read More
This Is What Democracy (of, by, and for the People) Looks Like

I’d never been in a Senate office building before. Although it made perfect sense, I wasn’t expecting to have to walk through a metal detector right when I entered. “Oh, do I need to take... Read More