According to data from Mapping Police Violence, police in the United States killed 1,147 people last year. Officers were only charged with a crime in 1 percent of cases. And of the 1,147 people killed,... Read More

This past Thursday I attended a panel at the Center for American Progress titled Silencing Science. The panel featured notable scientists, professors, and former government officials, including former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, an MIT-trained physicist... Read More

Please welcome the Center for Freethought Equality’s new summer intern, Abigail Ulman! TheHumanist.com: What is your educational and work background? I am currently a rising senior at Georgetown University, studying science, technology, and international affairs... Read More

June may arguably be the most important primary month in the 2018 midterm season. With primaries every Tuesday in many battleground states, voters are busy setting the direction for the next two years of US... Read More

On Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions declared that domestic and gang violence are not legitimate grounds for asylum. Sessions’ ruling overturns a 2016 immigration appeals court decision that granted asylum to a Salvadoran woman whose... Read More

Please welcome the new legal intern with the Appignani Humanist Legal Center, William Gogoel! TheHumanist.com: What is your educational and work background? During high school I worked various jobs over the summers, from temping in... Read More

On June 4, the US Supreme Court issued a 7-2 ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission on behalf of the plaintiff, Jack Phillips, a baker and a devout Christian who refused... Read More