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Urgent Need or Religious Exceptionalism? Texas Churches Sue FEMA for Reimbursement
Three Texas churches are suing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for excluding them from public assistance after they aided the community during Hurricane Harvey. The conservative non-profit law firm the Becket Fund (notorious for challenging... Read More
The Ethical Dilemma: No, You Don’t Have to Stand for the Pledge
Experiencing an ethical dilemma? Need advice from a humanist perspective? Send your questions to The Ethical Dilemma at dilemma@thehumanist.com (subject line: Ethical Dilemma). All inquiries are kept confidential. Do I Have to Stand for the Pledge?... Read More
The Importance of Music Education
What if there was one activity that could benefit every student in every school across the nation? An activity that could improve grades and scores on standardized testing? An activity that would allow students to form... Read More
Surveying the Demise of White American Christianity
The 2016 election laid bare the underbelly of Christianity with over 81 percent of white evangelicals casting their vote for Donald J. Trump. In the person of Trump one finds the coming together of American evangelicalism,... Read More
Want To Help End Systemic Racism? First Step: Drop the White Guilt
The plight of Eric Harris, who was gunned down by a pay-to-play cop during an April 2 undercover operation in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is just one of the latest tragedies following a long-recurring theme within the United... Read More
The Comics Section: Sanctity of Life & the Origin of Love
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Why Are the Poor More Religious?
Last week, the New York Times’ policy and statistics blog, The Upshot, wrote an article about the hardest places to live in the United States. The rankings, by county, included a variety of factors including education,... Read More
Morality Survey Revisited: How Did Humanists Measure Up?
On August 23 we published the article, “Can Good Be Good if Nobody Knows It?” to address a morality study published by Nature Human Behaviour. The study concludes that the majority of us, regardless of our... Read More
The Humanist Dilemma: Should I Go to the Nearby Catholic Hospital?
Experiencing an ethical dilemma? Need advice from a humanist perspective? Send your questions to The Humanist Dilemma at dilemma@thehumanist.com (subject line: Humanist Dilemma). All inquiries are kept confidential. Close Call on Close Care? Right now I... Read More
Rules Are for Schmucks: A Humanist Response to the Nashville Statement
Late last month, an impressive array of evangelicals calling themselves the “Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood” issued what they called the “Nashville Statement,” telling us God’s views on homosexuality, transgenderism, etc. As you might have... Read More