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Defund the Military? House Resolution Attempts to Address Massive Defense Budget

by Sam Gerard • 30 June 2020

Between 1980 and 1985, President Ronald Reagan presided over the biggest peacetime defense buildup in US history. This expansion helped the United States develop stealth technology, precision weaponry, counter-air systems, new aircraft, and many other... Read More

Supreme, Obscene, and Everything in Between

by Jennifer Bardi • 22 June 2020

It’s been one week since the US Supreme Court issued its 6-3 ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, making it illegal to fire someone for being gay or transgender by protecting LGBTQ Americans under... Read More

Humanist Pride: Celebrating Nontheistic LGBTQ Elected Officials

by Nicole Carr • 18 June 2020

In honor of Pride Month, we’re featuring profiles of prominent LGBTQ humanists and atheists. This week, we feature two state-level elected officials, Megan Hunt of Nebraska and Carlos Guillermo Smith of Florida. They are two... Read More

Could “Defund the Police” Mean More Justice?

by Sam Gerard • 16 June 2020

Over the last couple weeks at protests and rallies standing up against racial injustice, one phrase has stuck out as particularly controversial—“defund the police.” It’s easy to think that phrase is the beginning of a... Read More

Betsy Devos’s Title IX Timeline: Rocky at Best, Disaster at Worst

by Margie Delao • 20 May 2020

When US Secretary of Education Betsy Devos announced her intention to restructure Title IX back in November of 2018, it left the educational community nervous and civil rights advocates on alert. Part of the Education... Read More

Secular Student Alliance to Hold Virtual Graduation Celebration

by Ryan Bell • 8 May 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has turned our world upside down. Nowhere is this more true than on college campuses. Seven weeks ago, colleges and universities began to close down in compliance with state and federal advice... Read More

COVID and Communities: How Are LGBTQ+ People Affected?

by TheHumanist.com Staff • 4 May 2020

The American Humanist Association adopted a resolution in 2004 stating that the organization "reaffirms the validity of sexual equality and supports local, state, and federal action to legalize same-sex marriage.” With the outbreak of COVID-19,... Read More

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