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Birth Control Bungle: The Supreme Court’s Appalling Ruling on Access to Contraceptives
The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 30 joint decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Burwell is yet another disaster for separation of church and state. The ruling followed a May... Read More
Will Humanists Embrace Emerging Technology before Others?
Humans’ ability to create tools that make it easier to survive is one of several characteristics that distinguish us from most other animals that inhabit this planet. Of course, inventors and corporations don’t focus solely on... Read More
What’s Really Going on With Contraceptives?
Check out the bottom of this post for photos from today's rally at the Supreme Court. It seems like we keep going round and round on this issue. We know the basic story: religious institutions object... Read More
Who Wants to Be a Rocket Scientist? Race, Gender, and the STEM Divide
Godless Americana: Race and Religious Rebels
Sikivu Hutchinson is an author and activist who promotes a progressive—and aggressive—conception of humanism that is at once feminist, anti-racist, anti-homophobic, anti-classist, and anti-imperialist. She has no patience for nontheists who focus primarily on church/state separation,... Read More
Contraception for Some, Bureaucracy for Others
Back in early 2012 I wrote an article criticizing the Department of Health & Human Services proposed rule that would require all employers, including those that are affiliated with religious organizations such as churches, to provide... Read More
A Thanksgiving Grace for Humanists
Some years ago a woman wrote to Ann Landers. The letter writer told how she and her husband were atheists, though they didn't make a big deal about it. At a family gathering in another state... Read More
The Comics Section: Gun Control, Before the Race, and Mars Rover
The latest from your favorites: Jesus and Mo, Ape Not Monkey, and The Atheist Pig!
The Parade of Privilege: How Government Favors Religion (Privilege #9: The War on Contraception)
Luis Granados, director of the AHA’s publishing house, Humanist Press, responds to the Catholic bishops' Fortnight for Freedom, a 14-day campaign which, according to the Washington Post, “purports to champion religious freedom, but in actuality distorts it... Read More
American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us
American religion is a conundrum. Americans manage to combine deep religious devotion with wide religious diversity, all the while remaining remarkably tolerant of each other. What factors have shaped the current religious landscape in the United... Read More