Community of Conscience: The Inauguration of a New Progressive Partnership

As we celebrate the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and we hope for a peaceful transfer of power this week, we also celebrate the inauguration of something else: a committed public relationship... Read More
Walking by Sight, Not Faith An Interview with Black Nonbelievers' Mandisa Thomas

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
Confronting the Surge in Anti-Asian American Violence

“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
Humanist-Led Efforts to Abolish Blasphemy Laws Get Results in Congress

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
Nonreligious Americans: the Key Demographic That No One Is Talking About

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
Notoriously Humanistic: In Praise of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Jurisprudence

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
A Centennial to Reckon With: Honoring Black Suffragists

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