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If Sunday morning at 11 o’clock is Christian America’s most segregated hour, then “Amazing Grace” might be its most segregated song. To be sure, it is one of very few pieces of music instantly…

Last Friday’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn remaining state laws banning same-sex couples from getting married generated apocalyptic responses from America’s Religious Right and their…

In his most recent piece, RD associate editor Andrew Aghapour explores why it is psychologically difficult, but increasingly important, to blame social institutions for causing harm. The article cites…

Can cognitive science help us to better blame public institutions?

In his most recent piece RD associate editor Andrew Aghapour explores why it’s psychologically difficult, but increasingly important, to blame social institutions for causing harm. The article cites…

Ripple in still water, When there is no pebble tossed, Nor wind to blow. Reach out your hand if your cup be empty, If your cup is full may it be again, Let it be known there is a fountain, That was…

“Sometimes the light’s all shinin’ on me, Other times I can barely see. Lately it occurs to me, What a long, strange trip it’s been.” ~ “Truckin’” As the Grateful Dead celebrate their 50 th…

Black churches burning. Anonymous threats to black female pastors. All this in the few weeks since the shooting of nine members of Emanuel AME in Charleston. Forgive me for thinking that the summer of…

Let’s be clear: For girls, there are 6 sacraments, for boys there are 7; for heterosexual people, there is one more than for LGBTIQ people.

This interview is the third installment of It’s Your Fault, a Cubit series about blame in contemporary society. For more on blame, read the introductory post or explore the full series. Moral…