Fox News Uses Charleston Shootings to Propagate Culture War
In a move disturbing to even the most cynical critics of the network, Fox News has begun to use the recent tragedy in Charleston, South Carolina, in which an apparent white supremacist committed a mass... Read More
By Any Other Name? Why the Facebook Real Name Policy Matters
No, I’m not going to start waxing un-poetically about roses. I am, however, hoping to continue the conversation being had in many online and offline spaces about identity. Drag queens and kings, First Nations and... Read More
Boy Scouts Take One Step Closer To Inclusivity
For many, the Boy Scouts creates a space where kids can be among friends, explore nature, and take action to improve their local community. Unfortunately, the Boy Scouts hasn’t always been open to all, unlike... Read More
So Much to Celebrate This Pride
June means many things to many people. For lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people, June means Pride Month, when many of the world's Pride festivals and parades occur to commemorate the June 1969... Read More
Why Humanists Should Support Increasing the Minimum Wage
From reading the news, one might think that money was raining from the skies over Los Angeles last week, after the City Council voted fourteen-to-one in favor of gradually raising the minimum wage from nine... Read More
Humans, Not Monsters: The Boston Bombings, the Aurora Shootings, and the Death Penalty
Recently, two high-profile criminal trials have drawn the focus of the national media: the sentencing trial for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, also known as the “Boston Marathon bomber,” and the trial of James Holmes, who killed twelve... Read More
It’s Official: Some Office Holders Put Reason on Par with Prayer, Others Don’t
A little over a month ago, the United Coalition of Reason (UnitedCoR) asked its groups to increase their involvement in support of the National Day of Reason, either by applying for proclamations in their respective... Read More