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

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

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

Reports on the Women’s March usually focus on the number of attendees and the weather. Yes, it was cold, but I knew I had the freedom to leave whenever I wanted to, unlike, say, many incarcerated pregnant women restrained by... Read More

I grew up as one of the only nonreligious people in my small town (and I was related to the others!). This circumstance and my choice to be open about my lack of a religious... Read More

Abortion rates in the United States have reached a historic low since the Supreme Court legalized the procedure in the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. The Guttmacher Institute, a non-profit dedicated to advancing sexual... Read More

Despite underwhelming attention on the debate stage so far, the climate crisis is finally shaping the national conversation. Tonight, September 4, CNN will host a Climate Crisis Town Hall with ten of the current Democratic... Read More