COVID and Communities: How Are LGBTQ+ People Affected?

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
Dose of Dopamine: Good News in Troubled Times

To say things aren’t going great is a bit of an understatement. Sometimes, though, it’s important and necessary to take a step back and look at recent remarkable and uplifting stories. We call it a... Read More
SCOTUS Watch: Disenfranchising Voters in April, Going Public in May

Tony Evers, governor of Wisconsin, took the threats of COVID-19 seriously when he planned to delay the general election vote and extend the window for absentee ballots so voters could stay at home. However, Republicans... Read More
Humanize the Vote

For the last twelve years, as the senior leader at the Washington Ethical Society, I have been a movement-bridger—often feeling like the most religious person in secular gatherings and the most secular person in religious... Read More
Donald, Betsy, and Mike: Head Cheerleaders for Private School Vouchers

Consider the term “school choice.” It sounds nice, but in reality it’s a friendly name for a political ideology that, at its core, threatens to undermine public schools, effective state budgeting, and the separation of... Read More
Nonedecision 2020: Transforming America through Trust in Science

In commemoration of Darwin Day (February 12), it’s worth noting that evolution has been a controversial topic in US politics since at least the Scopes Trial of 1925. And of course it continues to stoke... Read More
State Roundup: Injustice at Home and Next Door

In the first month of 2020, state legislators across the country proposed a host of laws aimed to infringe on the separation of church and state and further religiously based discrimination. Last week, you may... Read More