Coming from historically religious African American communities, Black atheists are routinely marginalized and stigmatized. Although the number of Black religious “nones” is growing, self-identified Black atheists are approximately three percent of the atheist population. This... Read More

“Wuhan. Wuhan was catching on, coronavirus, kung flu, I could give you many, many names. Some people call it the Chinese flu, the China flu, they call it the China.” When the COVID-19 pandemic first... Read More

In a momentous victory for the rights of humanists, nontheists, and religious minorities around the world, US Congress spoke with a unified voice in December 2020 when both the House of Representatives and the Senate... Read More

In the wake of Joe Biden’s victory in the November 2020 presidential election, many constituencies were credited with tipping the balance in his favor, including black Americans (particularly black women), young voters, and even Navajos... Read More

We lost a champion of humanist values and liberal jurisprudence with the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 18. One of the most powerful women in US history, she changed fundamental... Read More

The first ballots cast by women were lauded as a giant step for womankind. Following the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment on August 18, 1920, women were allowed to do the unfathomable. Not only could... Read More

On Memorial Day, George Floyd became the latest Black life to be brutally taken at the hands of police officers. It happened after he was arrested for buying cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill. There... Read More