Moving on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
Donald Trump was tremendously vocal about his positions on immigration well before he was elected president of the United States. The rally cry of... Read More
The Humanevangelist: Return of the Know Nothings? Wealthy American elites have long encouraged nativist hate
All reasonable Americans agree that we need a rational, equitable, and enforceable immigration system. But in 1965 we replaced an explicitly racist law with... Read More
Immigrants and Violence: Americans Were a Lot Braver in 1920
On the night of June 2, 1919, the assistant secretary of the Navy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and his wife Eleanor walked past the home... Read More
Refusing Refugees: A Former Army Ranger Shares His Shame
The pictures shown here were taken when I was in Iraq during my first tour with the US Army Rangers. We operated out of... Read More
An International Reaction to Donald Trump’s Immigrant Ban
“In a real sense all life is interrelated. All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of... Read More
On the Hill: Congress Includes Nontheists in Legislation Supporting Immigrant Rights
Last week I was proud to participate in an event on Capitol Hill that promoted a new piece of legislation meant to push back... Read More
In Need of a Doorstop A Humanist Response to the Immigration Crisis
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless,... Read More
Carroll County: A Small Maryland Community Gets Big Attention for All the Wrong Reasons
Carroll County, Maryland, a mostly white, middle-to-lower class area northeast of Baltimore, has been getting a notable volume of media coverage over the past... Read More
Atheists and Humanists Condemn Human Rights Crisis at the U.S. Border and Nativist Attacks against Undocumented Immigrants
The influx of Central American families and unaccompanied minors at the U.S. border has escalated into a human rights crisis which some have exploited... Read More