An Overdue Dose of Dopamine

The past month has been filled with tragedy and suffering. Hurricane Maria devastated Dominica on September 18 and two days later hit Puerto Rico, claiming forty-eight lives as of this writing and leaving thousands without... Read More
Meet the New AHA Intern: Emily Rector

Please welcome the new legal intern with the Appignani Humanist Legal Center, Emily Rector! TheHumanist.com: What is your educational and work background? I graduated from the University of Charleston in 2015 with a BA in... Read More
Soft on STDs

A recent report from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) indicates that this country saw a record number of cases of sexually transmitted disease (STDs) in 2016: more than two million new cases of gonorrhea,... Read More
The Curious Case of the Missing—and Reappearing—Government Climate Change Data

Last week climate scientist Peter Gleick reported that the United States Geological Survey’s (USGS) Science Explorer—a taxpayer-funded online database for the public to browse USGS science programs and activities—had lost 5,516 formerly searchable climate science... Read More
Moving on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

Donald Trump was tremendously vocal about his positions on immigration well before he was elected president of the United States. The rally cry of “Build That Wall!”—beloved by his supporters—quickly morphed into one of candidate... Read More
MisDEMeanor: When It Comes to Legislators and Civil Disobedience, Why Is It Only the Dems?

Three democratic representatives walk into a jail. No, that’s not the set-up for a joke. It’s something that happened recently in New York, when US Reps. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) and Raúl Grijalva... Read More
Surveying the Demise of White American Christianity

The 2016 election laid bare the underbelly of Christianity with over 81 percent of white evangelicals casting their vote for Donald J. Trump. In the person of Trump one finds the coming together of American... Read More