Realizing Gender (In)Equality
By Wendy Webber Humanist Service Corps Ghana Co-Coordinator I grew up surrounded by strong women. Ironically, this, at least in part, is the reason I was so anti-feminist into my 20s. I […]
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Meet the Humanist Service Corps Team
As the team settles in and starts getting to work in Kukuo, it’s time to get to know them a little bit better. Naduah Wheeler Naduah Wheeler is a graduate […]
Killing Witchcraft with Kindness
By Conor Robinson Humanist Service Corps Program Coordinator From July 2013 – June 2014, I oversaw Pathfinders Project, a yearlong international service trip sponsored by Foundation Beyond Belief as the […]
The Importance of Liberal Arts Literacy: One STEM Major’s Perspective
A few posts ago, I argued for the importance of widespread scientific literacy. I claimed that “scientific literacy—in conjunction with political, mathematical, and other literacies—is a civic responsibility”. For symmetry’s […]
The Only Thing We Have to Fear
By Alex Abbott American University The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. – Franklin Delano Roosevelt Three Muslim students murdered in Chapel Hill. Activist Raif Badawi imprisoned […]
The Top Three Political Battles Facing the Secular Movement This Year
With the religious rights’ stranglehold on the Republican Party, the results of the mid-term elections left few friends of secularism in Congress. The so-called “party of no” got straight to […]
Getting Youth to Take Action: Interview w/ Frank Fredericks, Founder of World Faith
Frank Fredericks is the founder of World Faith whose mission is to build a globally movement of religiously-diverse youth to counter religious violence and end global poverty. World Faith is […]
Atheist & Gay: Double Jeopardy… or Opportunity?
By David Madison, PhD Biblical Studies Two Weddings The message on our placard was straightforward: “It’s Not Complicated: I Want to Marry the Man I Love. Case Closed.” My husband […]
Film Review: Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer, the new HBO documentary that aims to tell the personal story of the three women who were jailed for their provocative political performance in a […]
Applied Sentience 