CHURCH & STATE | An Election Reflection: In High-Profile Races, Christian Nationalist Hopefuls Fared Poorly At The Polls

In midterm elections, the party that holds the White House normally loses seats in Congress—sometimes a lot of seats. In 1994, two years into Bill Clinton’s presidency, the Democrats lost fifty-four seats in the U.S.... Read More
The Fundamentals

BOOK BY LYDIA GORDON The Fundamentals, by Lydia Gordon, explores the influence of fundamentalist religion on a small-town community, told through the perspectives of three women. Alexa Moss is a humanist, an architect, and a... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | Confusion in the Classroom: Public Schools Brace for a New Round of Prayer Battles

As public schools go back into session this fall, school administrators, teachers, parents, and students are forced to grapple anew with an issue that should have been settled decades ago: coercive prayer. Thanks to the... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | Reversing the Roe Reversal: Be Prepared for a Long Battle for Reproductive Freedom

As I was writing these words, the Supreme Court was poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that established a right to abortion. By the time you read this, it may have... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | Book Banners and the Growing War on the Freedom to Think

Books are in trouble in the United States. Books are being removed from public school curricula. Books are being banned. Books are being burned. The recent wave of censorship in America is accompanied by a... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | The Supreme Court Is Trashing Our Rights. What Are We Going to Do?

The U.S. Supreme Court, once seen as the last bastion of protection for our rights, is instead laying waste to them. Stacked with ultra-conservatives, the high court seems especially intent on trashing seventy-plus years of... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | To Defeat COVID, We First Must Overcome The Dangerous Lies Of Christian Nationalism

I hope you had a chance to listen to Dr. Anthony S. Fauci’s remarks during the recent American Humanist Association virtual conference or read them in this issue. Listening to Fauci’s words, I felt pride... Read More