When you make “Celebrating Secular Diversity” the theme of your conference, and invite a diversity of speakers to address the topic, guess what happens? You get a diversity of exhibitors and attendees to match! And... Read More

Many of you who read this probably don’t agree with “abstinence-only” sex education, but would you consider it a human rights violation? Emily Dawson, an 18-year-old Canadian high school student claims it is. Dawson is... Read More

Imagine that you’re a child living in a Central American country plagued by violence and poverty, such as Guatemala, El Salvador or Honduras. Imagine that your everyday existence is pervaded by a persistent and overwhelming... Read More

On the day the U.S. Supreme Court was to announce its decision in the Hobby Lobby case, I sat huddled around a computer with other staff and interns of the Secular Coalition for America waiting... Read More

On July 23 the Washington Working Group on the International Criminal Court (WICC) held a congressional briefing titled The International Criminal Court (ICC): Victories, Challenges and Opportunities. Estonian Diplomat Tiina Intelmann and American University Professor... Read More

Today the American Humanist Association hosted a congressional briefing to educate U.S. Representatives and their staff members on the growing number of nontheistic soldiers in the military and the crucial need for a humanist chaplain... Read More

No one would dispute that taking illegal drugs during pregnancy is detrimental to both a woman and her fetus. While reports of severely impaired “crack babies” have been overblown and the dangers of “fetal alcohol... Read More