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For years it has been lamented that humanist groups and events lack adequate participation by racial minorities. “Our philosophy is inclusive,” goes the refrain.... Read More

Editor's note: in honor of Thomas Jefferson's 271st birthday on April 13, TheHumanist.com looks back at two articles from the March/April 2012 issue of... Read More

Thomas Jefferson was a private man who kept his personal life to himself, and yet today 18,000 of his letters exist in the public... Read More

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Thomas Jefferson was seventy-seven years old in 1820, when he sliced up Bibles in four languages and pasted the passages he liked onto both... Read More

It still amazes me how wonderful humanists can really be. When I posted the news of a recent family emergency on my Facebook simply... Read More

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