Sunday Platform

On this last Sunday of the year, we set aside time to honor the loved ones of the past. We immortalize them by bearing witness and by carrying on their...

The 1965 Voting Rights Act resulted in a massive increase in voting and voter registration amongst people of color, non English-speaking citizens, those with disabilities, especially in the states and...

Given the unprecedented events of the past week, I have decided to change the topic of my talk for this Sunday. I plan to address the crisis and also look...

I grew up in a village on the Erie Canal east of Rochester. Everyone was white. The first Black person I met was Terry, who joined my third-grade class when...

In February 2018, Renaldo Pearson gave a speech at the inaugural Unrig the System Summit in New Orleans, where he outlined a new framework for the democracy movement that he...

Please join the American Ethical Union on Zoom January 31st for “Replacing Magical Thinking with Rational Discourse: How can freethinkers help restore democracy?” The platform will be shared by representatives from...

Our children today are facing the challenges of a warming world head on. They have a right to understand the realities of the climate crisis and what it means for...

“The Queen's Gambit” is the most popular series that Netflix has ever produced — and deservedly so. It is a beautifully and meticulously crafted production and tells a most unusual...

Confusion, deep-seated confusion, is presently the only mature, rational point of view to maintain. Modern advances in science and technology only further underwrite this uncertainty about so much in our...