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Striking Imbalance: The Conservative Long Game for the Courts
With the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death Friday of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the idea of any semblance of balance on the high court seems remote. However, as put forth in Adam Cohen’s latest... Read More
“Just You Watch”— Climate Change Will Intensify
At least thirty-five people are dead from the wildfires ravishing the West Coast. So far, hundreds of thousands have been forced to evacuate their homes as the smoke and flames draw near. Parts of Oregon are... Read More
Through Rain, Sleet, Hail, and the November Elections?
Election years always bring a whirlwind of news, debate, and weeding out truth from falsehood. This election year voters are even more bombarded as they deal with the reevaluation of race in America and how systemic... Read More
A Payout for All Their Houses
THE ADMINISTRATION of President Donald Trump has failed to halt the spread of the coronavirus or come to the aid of Americans falling ill from COVID-19 or suffering financially due to the widespread impact of the... Read More
Racist Too Long: Measuring White Christianity
THE ELECTION OF DONALD J. TRUMP as president of the United States brought to the forefront a politicized form of Christianity that combines white evangelicalism, white nationalism, and the prosperity gospel. However, as CEO and founder... Read More
Meeting the Scourge: COVID-19 Responsibility, Ethics, and Morality
“BUBONIC PLAGUE is the inescapable reference point in any discussion of infectious diseases and their impact on society,” writes Yale University History Professor Frank M. Snowden in his 2019 book, Epidemics and Society from the Black... Read More
A Centennial to Reckon With: Honoring Black Suffragists
The first ballots cast by women were lauded as a giant step for womankind. Following the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment on August 18, 1920, women were allowed to do the unfathomable. Not only could they... Read More
Social Media Censorship: A Necessary Evil?
On July 28 I shared a post on the Facebook page of the American Humanist Association (AHA) with this caption: “Intentional sharing of potentially harmful misinformation, such as this, should constitute a federal offense that comes... Read More
Re-Centering the Margins: LGBTQ Humanist Alliance to Hold Second Annual Summit
The inaugural Centering the Margins summit, hosted by the American Humanist Association (AHA) and the LGBTQ Humanist Alliance in March of 2019 brought together BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of color) LGBTQ humanists, atheists, and freethinkers. The mission... Read More
The Call of Disobedience: Lessons for Social Change from Our Feminist Foremothers
In 1878 Congress first considered a constitutional amendment that read: The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account... Read More