COVID and Communities: How Are LGBTQ+ People Affected?
The American Humanist Association adopted a resolution in 2004 stating that the organization "reaffirms the validity of sexual equality and supports local, state, and... Read More
The Planet Can’t Heal if the People Are Sick
Mountain goats and wild boars stroll nonchalantly through European city centers, fish are finding their way back to the canals in Venice, and, finally... Read More
On COVID-19 and Pandemics: A Secular Stoic Perspective
THE PANDEMIC experts long anticipated has now arrived, and it has quickly become a new reality for all of us. Welcome to the age... Read More
An Ethical Culture Perspective on COVID-19
I AM WRITING from a place of privilege, both literally and figuratively. My pandemic shelter-in-place is a four-story brownstone townhouse in Brooklyn, New York,... Read More
Humanism’s Vulnerable Human
WHILE A NOBEL PRIZE-winning intellectual favored by many academics, the North African Albert Camus also wrote of existential circumstances of war and want that... Read More
An Epicurean Guide to Living More Pleasantly in Times of Coronavirus
THE LAST DISEASE OUTBREAK of pandemic proportions to visit humanity was the Spanish flu in 1918, which killed fifty million people. Prior to that,... Read More
Healthy Humanism and Ethical Wellness
IN THE MIDST of a global health crisis, one might ask: What could health and wellness have to do with living moral lives? That... Read More
Inspiration during a Quarantine
As the American Humanist Association has switched to near-total telework (big shout-out to staff who have been handling mail!), AHA staffers have been checking... Read More
Coronavirus Exposes Racial Disparities
In a recent op-ed for the Houston Chronicle, “Black People Should Feel Safe With a Face Mask, but We Don’t,” I wrote that I... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | In the Face of a Deadly Global Pandemic, the Government Can Ban Large Gather-ings—Even Religious Ones
As the coronavirus has wreaked havoc on American lives, culture, and commerce by keeping people indoors, members of Solid Rock Church near Cincinnati decided... Read More