Humanist Women in History: Shirley Chisholm "Unbought and Unbossed"
March is Women’s History Month in the United States, the UK, and Australia. As luck would have it, there are five Wednesdays in March,... Read More
Women Beyond Belief: Discovering Life without Religion
BOOK EDITED BY KAREN L GARST PRITCHSTONE PUBLISHING, 2016 272 PP.; $16.95 IN 2014 THE ARTS and crafts chain Hobby Lobby fought to exclude... Read More
What Humanists Worry about Most
Last week the American Humanist Association polled its Facebook followers on what their major concerns about the Trump administration are. The choices boiled down... Read More
Love, Hope, and Pride: Humanists at the Women’s March on Washington
The morning was still overcast from Inauguration Day, but there was excitement in the air. I felt it as I boarded a packed Metro... Read More
Where Are the Men?
Friday is Inauguration Day, a day when perhaps one of the worst leaders in US history will be officially inducted into office as our... Read More
Humanists Join Women’s March on Washington
Humanists support reproductive freedom, women’s rights, scientific integrity, and human rights for all. We can demonstrate our support for these values by actively participating... Read More
Who Will We Speak For? Humanism’s Role in Defending Human Rights and Civil Liberties
“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the... Read More
A Roundup of Reproductive Rights Rollbacks
Reproductive rights in the United States are constantly under threat. Anti-choice advocates are particularly emboldened now with the election of a Republican president and... Read More
Abortion Rights in a Post-Roe v. Wade World
Abortion is not a new practice, but before the United States Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade that granted women the legal right... Read More
Post-Election, Humanist Activism Kicks into Overdrive
It’s been a week since Donald Trump’s harrowing victory. I’m in a mental space where my dismay and fury over this precarious predicament remains... Read More