Meet the Intern: Marlena Trafas
Please welcome our new editorial intern, Marlena Trafas! TheHumanist.com: What is your educational and work background? I just graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a degree in political economy, which is the study... Read More
Partisanship not Easily Forgotten: My Experience at the 2017 Congressional Baseball Game
The 2017 Congressional Baseball Game will be long remembered as the one played the day after the shooting at the Republican team’s practice in Alexandria, Virginia. Immediate reactions to the shooting lamented the horrific shadow... Read More
Worthy Goal: US Soccer Celebrates Pride Month
Last month, the US men’s and women’s national soccer teams unveiled their latest jerseys. In celebration of Pride Month, the white home shirts and red away shirts now display rainbow numbers. Although aesthetically pleasing and... Read More
Deconstructing Hate: False Southern Prophets Fall in New Orleans
Last week the mayor of New Orleans, Mitch Landrieu, visited the Center for American Progress (CAP) and joined CAP President and CEO Neera Tanden for a conversation on race in America. Landrieu focused primarily on... Read More
No Man Is an Island—but Our Species Is Sinking Lots of Them
“Your island has been there for hundreds of years, and I believe your island will be there for hundreds more,” President Trump recently told the mayor of Virginia’s Tangier Island in response to reports that... Read More
Is Steve Bannon Really the Mastermind Frontline Portrays?
I don’t know if it’s true that Mark Twain wrote, “Give a man a reputation as an early riser and he can sleep til’ noon,” but I know it’s a true sentiment regardless. The reputation of... Read More
Ireland’s First Ever Humanism Lesson Plans Launched in Eighty-One Primary Schools
I think it’s safe to say that the majority of humanists don’t support the teaching of religion in public schools. While one may argue that it’s important to have structured classes dedicated to learning about... Read More