Girls Scouts: Good Without God (And Without the Church’s Blessing)

We’re all familiar with the Girls Scouts of America, an organization that aims to help girls develop valuable life lessons and skills, build confidence, and value academic, social, and emotional intelligence. But you may not... Read More
Hate in Multicultural America + Access to Guns = Recipe for Disaster

Last Thursday, US Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI) announced the introduction of new gun control legislation at a Center for American Progress (CAP) panel session on their new report “Hate and Guns.” The bill, which seeks... Read More
Transgender People Just Need to Pee

Last week, the South Dakota Senate passed a bill that would require students to only use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their assigned sex rather than their binary gender identity. If signed into... Read More
Scalia’s Passing May Change Clean Power Plan’s Trajectory Once Again

Last week, in a 5-4 vote, the US Supreme Court took the extraordinary and unprecedented step of putting a hold on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan rules pending the outcome of litigation at... Read More
Year 2016 and Congress Still Not Serious About Science

Darwin Day, an observance held annually on February 12, Charles Darwin’s birthday, is fast approaching. Scientists and secularists alike are getting ready to celebrate. This observance is a great opportunity not only to honor the... Read More
SCOTUS Briefing for the Everyday Humanist Part 1: Birth Control under the Affordable Care Act

"Humanists … work to uphold the equal enjoyment of human rights and civil liberties in an open, secular society and maintain it is a civic duty to participate in the democratic process." –Humanist Manifesto III... Read More
Over-the-Counter Birth Control? Not Quite Yet…

Hormonal birth control options—like the pill, patch, and ring—are now available in Oregon without requiring a visit to the doctor. A new state bill allows women over the age of eighteen to obtain a year’s... Read More