These days all we see is chaos due to the coronavirus pandemic. As each week passes, the world we see is so much different... Read More

When I was a baby my parents had me baptized by a Catholic priest. In my teens I decided to get baptized again, but... Read More

When I was a child, I loved going to haunted houses each October. In my town there was one in particular created in the... Read More

Officially the penitentiary has existed since the eighteenth century, although human beings have imprisoned one another since the beginning of recorded time. The concept... Read More

Dear Mom, I’ve known you forever. When I bring up some story about when I was born you like to joke, saying, “I know,... Read More

The Cell-Bunk Perspective on Forming a Humanist Study Group I’m sitting on my cell bunk poring over a small stack of stats in fact-checking... Read More

"Of all the practices that dehumanize prisoners, calling them “one who offends” is by far the worst. It sets the tone and is a... Read More

In 2011, two months before my fortieth birthday, my world was obliterated when I became incarcerated and began serving an eight-and-a-half-year prison term. Nothing... Read More

This is the first article under our new semi-regular column, “Inside the Walls,” featuring commentary and perspectives from incarcerated humanists. Most people who enter... Read More