Relocating Capital, Not People: A Humanist Take on Housing Discrimination
On June 25, 2015, the Supreme Court ruled in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. that so-called “disparate-impact claims“ can be brought under Title VIII of the Civil Rights... Read More
The Anti-Vaxx Movement and the Cult of American Individualism
It doesn’t matter how many works of Ayn Rand you throw at communicable diseases—they will always be communist by nature. For decades, advancements in modern medicine have been slowly chipping away at some of humanity’s... Read More
Eventbrite Sheds Some Light on Religious Events and Community Building
Human beings are naturally social, and the emergence of the Internet has given us even more ways to connect with each other, both online and in person. Online event marketing tools have given people more... Read More
The Secular Humanist in President Obama’s Life
What would it take for a fatherless black man, who grew up in a progressive, yet somewhat chaotic, lower middle-class family and spent most of his childhood moving from place to place, to become the... Read More
One-Year Anniversary of Hobby Lobby: How RFRA Was Used and Abused
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, Inc. The Court ruled that “closely held” for-profit corporations—typically smaller family-owned corporations— could be exempt from certain federal laws... Read More
Who Radicalized Dylann Roof?
The manifesto of Dylann Roof, the man accused of killing nine black Bible study participants at a Charleston church on June 17, starts like this: “I was not raised in a racist home or environment.”... Read More
Justice Scalia’s Same-Sex Marriage Dissent is Hilariously Salty
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is a bit like Vegemite: you either love the man or absolutely despise him. That being said, the infamous justice should be applauded for his fantastic sense of humor, which... Read More
