Meet the New Intern: Abigail Ulman
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
Humanism in American Elections: Is a “Nones” Wave Coming?
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
Sessions to Those Fleeing Domestic and Gang Violence: Not Our Problem
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
Meet the New AHA Intern: William Gogoel
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
What Does Religious Liberty Mean to the Unaffiliated?
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
Much Ado about Congressional Chaplains
The recent situation between Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and House Chaplain Father Patrick Conroy was very confusing. Initially Ryan had a staff member request that Conroy resign—which the Father dutifully did—but no written or verbal... Read More
A Virtuous Woman is Not Silent
#MeToo Finds Preacher Who Sanctioned Abuse and Demonized Divorce Ok, ladies, ready to be submissive to your man in every way you can? Ready to pray the domestic violence away? Yeah, me neither. Paige Patterson... Read More
