US Representative Jim Himes (CT-04) introduced the Darwin Day Resolution, US House Resolution 548, in anticipation of Charles Darwin’s 207th birthday on February 12, 2016. Rep. Himes stated, “Charles Darwin’s groundbreaking and world-changing work has... Read More

On November 22, our group, the Humanists of the Palouse (which serves members in Moscow, Idaho, and Pullman, Washington), became aware of some online threats directed towards a local mosque. Founded in 1982, the Pullman... Read More

In 1956, the phrase "In God We Trust" was adopted as the official motto of the United States, replacing the original motto "E Pluribus Unum" (Out of Many, One). With a growing number of secular,... Read More

For decades, humanists, agnostics, and nontheists have fought to ensure that our public education system is secular and does not promote religious ideology to students. Our movement fought for secular education because schools are places... Read More

Last Tuesday, NBC affiliate KFOR reported that a pre-K teacher at Oakes Elementary School in Okemah, Oklahoma, forced four-year-old student Zayde Sands to write with his right hand instead of his left hand. According to... Read More

Millennials–those of us born roughly between 1982 and the mid-2000s–are on the cusp of taking the reins of government. How will America handle it? That was the topic of conversation last Thursday in Washington, DC,... Read More

I really didn’t want to watch the second Republican debate and not because I’m uninterested in politics; in fact, politics is my profession and greatest personal interest. But televised debates, regardless of which party is... Read More