Pressure from Religious Nations Checks UN Action for Human Rights
In a world where religious faith seems to be losing its grip on the policies and politics of our time, it appears that those evangelical forces who would use faith as an explanation to block... Read More
Humanists Celebrate Major Victory for Reproductive Rights
Today I attended the rally outside of the US Supreme Court in anticipation of the decision on Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, the most significant abortion case to be decided by the Court since Planned Parenthood v.... Read More
Donald Trump Thinks Your Kids Should Go To Sunday School
If Donald Trump had his way, we—a humanist news site published by the nonprofit, tax-exempt American Humanist Association—would be able to freely discuss how good or bad a president we think he’d be. But we... Read More
Discovering Life’s Origins and the Mystery of Homochirality
At a recent meeting of the American Astronomical Society, a team of astronomers announced their discovery of the first chiral molecule outside of our solar system. Their exciting findings, published last week in the journal... Read More
North Carolina Democratic Convention Adds the Non-Religious to Its List of Protected Classes
They say that the way to change the world is to start in your own backyard. I recently had an opportunity to put that idea into action. In my retirement, I have been fortunate to... Read More
Pro-Life Groups Sending Targeted Anti-Choice Ads to Smartphones
If the news of Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signing into law a bill that provides $2 million in state funding to anti-choice crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) boiled your blood, please relocate yourself to a cool,... Read More
Educational Disparities Need Larger Place in Political Discourse
Last Wednesday, shortly after the Department of Education released their “Condition of Education 2016” report, the Brookings Institute hosted a panel to bring public attention to education disparities during this presidential election cycle. Dr. Michael... Read More
