Read More Secular Coalition for America “The idea that religion and politics don’t mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country.” — Jerry Falwell If Roe v. Wade were decided today, it’s safe to assume that religious conservatives would be apoplectic. There would undoubtedly be protests at the Supreme …
Rituals can relay a powerful connection to cultural vestiges, ancestral memories, and convivial possibilities for living. Their qualities can have a way of preserving or salvaging what is important to know in order to sustain ourselves in times of flux. This understanding of ritual has helped me to garner an appreciation of holidays; for example, …
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Read More The AHA Foundation There is strong agreement among students that their university is protecting freedom of expression and robust debate, as
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Read More The AHA Foundation Proper care for women who have undergone female genital mutilation is the most effective way to ensure they
Read More The AHA Foundation Protests rocking Iran over the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody have spread to at least
Read More Humanists International Leena Manimekalai has been subjected to a campaign of judicial harassment in India in retaliation for her film, which depicted a Hindu goddess. The post India called out at UN for harassment of filmmaker who depicted Hindu goddess in film appeared first on Humanists International.
The value of experts, and expertise as a concept, is often derided by science deniers. This is both defensive, protecting their pseudoscience from attack, and offensive, eroding public trust in expert analysis. While it is true that many experts are guilty of elitism and gatekeeping, both individually and systemically, the fact remains that expertise is …
Let’s begin this article by visualizing something together. A conversation I don’t doubt that at least a few of us will remember watching on a computer a few years ago. “Michael, do you know what secularism humanism is?” asks an annoyed-looking Oscar Martinez. Imagine his surprise when Michael Scott, a man not exactly known for …
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