The Human Prospect is a peer-reviewed, indexed journal focused on the development and refinement of humanist values and ethics, as well as ways the humanist movement can foster them throughout society. It also covers new scientific evidence, theories, and conclusions, as well as their impact upon and relationship to society, values, and ethics.
Nation of Islam (NOI) Minister Louis Farrakhan has long labeled himself as a strong (patriarchal, hyper-masculine) Black man – presumably the type of man necessary for authentic Black leadership. For this reason, many in the Black community are reluctant to criticize even his most egregious words and actions. Such an attitude by the Black community only encourages more demagoguery. It is time for African Americans to raise their standards for Black leadership.
Approaching alternative health as a secular religion has important implications for how we address belief in pseudoscience. Alternative health shares many features with conventional religious belief including a creation myth, fall from grace, demons and salvation. It explains why education in the sciences, or specific disciplines of immunology, oncology, etc. has limited effectiveness in changing deep-seated alternative health beliefs.
Natural mothering ideology is the dominant mothering ideology in the United States. It has achieved dominance despite a lack of scientific evidence because it reflects deeply held beliefs that women’s needs and desires don’t matter, that mothers belong in the home and that children’s well-being can only be ensured by maternal suffering.
