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

Besides the global pandemic we’re experiencing right now, the bubonic plague is probably the most notorious in history—in particular, the Black Death that took place during the middle of the fourteenth century and swept across... Read More

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

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

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

An excerpt from Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely by Andrew S. Curran Sometime during the snowy winter of 1793, under cover of night, a small group of thieves pried open a wooden door... Read More

Please welcome Julia Shapiro, summer intern at the Center for Freethought Equality! TheHumanist.com: What is your educational and work background? I am a rising junior at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, studying history... Read More