Race and Climate Change in the First Presidential Debate
As a lobbyist, I hate election season. Campaigns show the worst side of politics: the fake folksiness, the reluctant baby-kissing, and the overstated promises that won’t be delivered on. The actual business of governing is... Read More
DC City Council Considers Death with Dignity Legislation
This week I attended a series of meetings with DC city council members as part of a bipartisan and interfaith effort to promote the Death With Dignity Act of 2015. The bill was introduced by... Read More
Meet the Intern: Aidan Bissell-Siders
Please welcome the communications intern for Fall 2016, Aidan Bissell-Siders! TheHumanist.com: What is your educational and work background? I’m a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park. I study biochemistry and hope to minor... Read More
Rethinking the Ingredients for Human Life New research suggests same-sex couples (or even individuals) may someday be able to produce their very own offspring
It looks like the church may be in for yet another rude awakening over its belief that life begins at conception, that is, when the egg and the sperm merge. Researchers from the University of... Read More
Special Remembrance: Carol Wintermute
Update: Life Celebration information has been added to the end of this article. Carol Wintermute, a longtime leader of the humanist movement in the United States, died on August 30, 2016, in Princeton, New Jersey,... Read More
O’er the Land of the Free…ish Colin Kaepernick’s Quintessentially American Protest
Would you vow to recite and honor words you don’t understand, written by a man you never knew, without question, simply because someone told you it was your duty? If you said yes, that’s not... Read More
The Humanist Challenge to the Sainthood of Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa is now known worldwide as “St. Teresa of Calcutta” after being canonized by the Catholic Church on September 4 in Rome. Her life can be examined in a way that was not feasible... Read More