The Liberal Lean to States’ Rights
“Our administration wants you to innovate. Now is the time to usher in a new era of state-based innovation,” Vice President Mike Pence recently told a group of apprehensive Republican governors who opposed the cuts... Read More
This Is What Democracy (of, by, and for the People) Looks Like
I’d never been in a Senate office building before. Although it made perfect sense, I wasn’t expecting to have to walk through a metal detector right when I entered. “Oh, do I need to take... Read More
AHA Endorses Reintroduction of Do No Harm Act
As President Trump has kowtowed to the religious right in order to maintain some level of popular support for his presidency (first by calling for the non-enforcement of the Johnson Amendment and now by supporting... Read More
Phoning It In for the Family? Researchers suggest it may better to make a slow and subtle break from the religion of your parents
A study published in the June edition of the Journal of Family Issues looked at the effect a child’s break from his or her parents’ religion can have on multigenerational relationships within the family. Syracuse... Read More
Between a Creationist’s Rocks and a Hard Place
A creationist just sued the US Department of the Interior and won. Andrew Snelling, is a geologist (awarded a PhD by the University of Sydney in 1982) and the director of research at Ken Ham’s... Read More
Classroom Politics: Florida’s New Law on Education
On July 8 a Florida law took effect that gives residents from all over the state, regardless of whether or not they have children in Florida’s public school system, the opportunity to contest what kids... Read More
Meet the New AHA Staff Member: Nicole Carr
Please welcome the new Director of Development of the American Humanist Association, Nicole Carr! TheHumanist.com: What is your educational and work background? I graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in English and... Read More