Following the Leader: President Emboldens Republican State Legislators to Introduce Discriminatory Legislation

Since Donald Trump’s election, state lawmakers have been rejuvenated with a right-wing confidence as they roll out bill after bill in what seems to be a concerted effort to repeal much of the progress made... Read More
DC’s Death with Dignity Law Under Threat

The right for a terminally ill individual to end their own life peacefully has been historically supported by humanists and the nonreligious community at large. In fact, the second Humanist Manifesto of 1973 explicitly endorses... Read More
Love, Hope, and Pride: Humanists at the Women’s March on Washington

The morning was still overcast from Inauguration Day, but there was excitement in the air. I felt it as I boarded a packed Metro train at 7:15 a.m. with dozens of women wearing pink "pussy hats"... Read More
Christians, Muslims—and Atheists!—Welcome at Local DC Restaurant during Inauguration

The District of Columbia’s residents are very liberal—90 percent of voters chose Hillary Clinton in the presidential election—so it should come as no surprise that thousands are participating in a number of scheduled protests and... Read More
Why Do We Still Do That? Nonsensical Habits We Just Can’t Seem to Kick

A coworker recently told me that the European Union bans the sale of bananas that are too bendy. In the era of having to question just about everybody’s truth claims, I looked into this one... Read More
What We Know about the Nones’ Education from the Latest Pew Study

Many humanists are likely already familiar with the Pew Research Center’s reports on religiously unaffiliated individuals and atheists in the United States. In June, Pew released “Ten Facts about Atheists” that confirmed many hunches that... Read More
A Roundup of Reproductive Rights Rollbacks

Reproductive rights in the United States are constantly under threat. Anti-choice advocates are particularly emboldened now with the election of a Republican president and the effect it will have on the Supreme Court, along with... Read More