At the United Nations, More Work to Be Done for Religious Freedom and the Rights of the Child
At the United Nations this week, the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, provided an update on the state of world religious freedom. This latest report also focused on the Committee... Read More
Christianity, Judaism, Islam—There’s an Emoji for Those. But What about Humanism?
If religious people ever found it difficult to express their faith in public, at least religious Apple iPhone users now have answers to their prayers. In its latest operating system update, Apple added new emojis—pictures,... Read More
The Unreasonableness of Racism: A Humanist Response to Tamir Rice’s Death
As I follow the media stories surrounding the tragic death of Tamir Rice, a twelve-year-old boy who was shot and killed while he was playing in a park in Cleveland, Ohio, I’m reminded of a... Read More
Click Me! Black Coffee, Psychopaths, and Twin Peaks
On October 12, Jezebel ran a story with the headline: “Study Says People Who Take Coffee Black Have Psychopathic Tendencies.” Reporting on the same story, Popular Science titled its piece: “Love Beer and Coffee? You... Read More
Tennessee Religious Indoctrination Bill Inspires Praise and Confusion
For decades, humanists, agnostics, and nontheists have fought to ensure that our public education system is secular and does not promote religious ideology to students. Our movement fought for secular education because schools are places... Read More
Open and Expanding One year in, the Openly Secular campaign continues to promote acceptance of nonreligious Americans
In 1995, devout Catholic Todd Stiefel rejected his faith and became an agnostic. At the time Stiefel was enrolled in an Old Testament history course at the Duke University Divinity School. “It was the first... Read More
What Humanists Need to Know about the Global Rally for Humanity
Humanists who haven’t yet heard about the Global Rally for Humanity scheduled for today, October 9, and tomorrow in some twenty cities across the US may be excused for thinking they’re missing out on something... Read More