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2007 ESSAY CONTEST
for Young Women and Men of North America
Published  by the:
American Humanist Association
March/April 2006 Humanist Cover

Cover Story

The Religious Right Goes to Washington
    by Sarah Posner
Absurdity takes center stage at the Values Voters Summit, with fighting "sin" eclipsing even the Iraq war and efforts to combat terrorism.
 
Mexico's Election Fraud:
What the U.S. Media Didn't Tell You
    by Kenneth Anderson
Foreign and independent media reports of illegal campaigning, suspicious voting patterns, missing ballot boxes, and the partial recount cast doubt on the legitimacy of the Mexican presidential election, while shedding light on the selectivity of U.S. invovlement.
(Read Article in PDF)

(Read it in Spanish in Voces del Periodista)
 
When Civil Rights Were on the Rise
    by Margaret Rozga
Renewal of the Voting Rights Act elicits memories from a former civil rights worker, who urges continued vigilance against practices that disenfranchise eligible voters.
 
Features

Humanism in Action:
NOSHA Versus the City of New Orleans
    by Harry Greenberger
A board member of the New Orleans Secular Humanist Association makes the most of his two minutes.

Crossing Mount Soledad
    by Philip Paulson
2006 Humanist Pioneer Philip Paulson offers a vivid rationale for taking on a cross that was never his to bear.
(Read Article in PDF)

Timeline
    by Philip Paulson
The good, the bad, and the downright confounding: a chronology of the Mount Soledad cross case, 1954-present.
(Read Article in PDF)

Moral Exo-Skeletons and Endo-Skeletons:
A Key Divide in the American Body Politic
    by Andrew Bard Schmookler
Inside or out, where a person's moral structure lies could be at the heart of a U.S. culture clash.

In Katrina's Wake:
Health Care Crisis in New Orleans
    by Joseph L. Andrews, M.D.
A volunteer physician makes post-hurricane house calls to assist those caught in the eyes of personal storms.

Creative Controversy
Identity Politics:Humanists and Cultural Christians
    by David Niose
Does the antidote to the religious right's influence on public policy lie in the Humanist conversion?

Departments

Letters to the Editor

The Issue at Hand
(Read in PDF)

Up Front
From A to B: Emergency Contraception and Adolescent Accessibility
by Karen Frantz

Cartoon
by Jeff Parker

Fidel Decides U.S. Presidential Elections
by Steven Hill

Poem
Passing Up the Votives
by Molly Bendall

Humanist Flashback
The Fight for the Bill of Rights Lives On
by Beth K. Lamont

Media Beat
The Hollow Media Promise of Digital Technology
by Norman Solomon

Church and State
Prison Proselytism: How Your Tax Dollars Pay For Fundamentalism Behind Bars
by Rob Boston

Reviews
Echoes of Howl
by Fred Moramarco

Invitation to a Private Virtual Reality
by Jennifer Bardi

First Person
Fat Cats, Calvin, and the Poor
by Ralph Reiland
(Read Article in PDF)

Worth Noting
by Karen Ann Gajewski

 

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