Recently I was honored to attend an event at the Council on Foreign Relations-DC featuring a presentation by the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Félix Tshisekedi. President Tshiesekedi assumed office earlier... Read More

The American Humanist Association was proud to be an endorsing organization when the Equality Act was reintroduced in Congress last week. The Equality Act would amend existing federal anti-discrimination laws to ensure that LGBTQ Americans... Read More

I was honored to be invited by our friends at the Indian American Muslim Council to speak about blasphemy laws at last week’s briefing about religious freedom in India. This event follows the American Humanist... Read More

The American Humanist Association, working with our allies at the Center for Inquiry and the Secular Coalition for America, held a series of briefings in the US House and Senate over the past two weeks... Read More

Last week, Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Chris Coons (D-DE) worked with the American Humanist Association to introduce a resolution opposing blasphemy laws around the world. This resolution follows the AHA’s work last year, when... Read More

I was honored to be invited by the State Department to attend last week’s Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom. This event brought together foreign diplomats and government officials with US policymakers and nonprofits who work... Read More

Donald Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party’s legislative arm is largely complete (except for Senate leadership, which remains firmly under the control of uber-survivor Mitch McConnell). While all political parties experience cyclical realignments as new... Read More