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
The White Imagination Must Be Bound
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
Secular America Takes Action Today, So They Can Vote Tomorrow
Here in the US, a secular voting bloc could have powerful potential to influence local and national elections. Recognizing that fact, in 2018 Secular America Votes (a joint project of the Secular Student Alliance and... Read More
Coronavirus Exposes Racial Disparities
In a recent op-ed for the Houston Chronicle, “Black People Should Feel Safe With a Face Mask, but We Don’t,” I wrote that I wake up every day “with the intention to live, but as... Read More
Fostering Discrimination: Will SCOTUS Allow Religion to Rule in Foster Care Placement?
Like so many areas of society, the US child welfare system is feeling the effects of the novel coronavirus. A recent report by the Marshall Project sites family court closures and established foster parents wary... Read More