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The defendant, Ashley Morgan, stood in front of Judge Robyn Ripple this past summer, having been given the opportunity to speak in his own defense after being charged with five misdemeanors for rushing past police officers... Read More

For many years I worried that a biblical inerrancy-believing Christian zealot would secure the Republican Party nomination for president, go on to win the general election, and begin eroding the wall of separation between church and... Read More

For years, Black writers, educators, and activists have gone out of their way to explain how the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. often appealed to by white-dominated media sources, by right- and left-wing white politicians, and... Read More

The beginning of 2020 saw the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). NEPA was created to ensure that federal agencies assess the long-term environmental impact of major infrastructure projects such... Read More

The past few days may be remembered by historians and Americans in general as the most turbulent period of Donald Trump’s presidency. Facing an impending impeachment trial in the Senate—the process of which Democrats continue to... Read More

The fourth annual Women’s March is planned for Saturday, January 18, 2020, both in Washington, DC, and in cities around the world. We reported on the historic inaugural Women’s March in 2017 and explained last year... Read More

I often think of the good life I have. By most common measures—say, type of work, income, health, leisure, and social status—I’m doing well. Despite the adage, “call no man happy until he is dead,” I... Read More

WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF HUMANISM? How does one live as a humanist? Like many of you, I have read a plethora of articles and longer works defining humanism. Each proclaims a different emphasis highlighting various... Read More