JOURNEYS TO HUMANISM | Seeking Marriage Counseling, Finding Humanism
Journeys to Humanism, theHumanist.com’s regular series, features real stories from humanists in our community. From heartwarming narratives of growth, to more difficult journeys, our readers open up about their experiences coming to humanism. Stephanie Parker... Read More
FIRST PERSON | Humanists Gather Globally to Support Democracy
On August 4th - 6th, more than 400 humanists from around the globe attended the 2023 World Humanist Congress in Copenhagen. The Congress is typically held every three years but, because of world events (including... Read More
FIRST PERSON | The Burden of Our Inheritances
Even when we are surrounded by people who are outwardly similar to us–similar points of view, similar bodies, similar gender expressions, similar skin tones–the human mind will still find ways to look for differences. To... Read More
FIRST PERSON | Lemons or Lemonade – Reclaiming My Story
In her classic novel, Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison exhorts, “Stop sniveling. Stop picking around the edges of the world. Take advantage, and if you can’t take advantage, take disadvantage.” Before I could take advantage... Read More
Meet the New Executive Director: Nadya Dutchin
Nadya Dutchin joined the American Humanist Association (AHA) as the organization’s new Executive Director in December 2021. AHA Deputy Director and Humanist magazine editor Nicole Carr conducted this interview with her during her first week... Read More
FIRST PERSON | Trans Rights Are Humanist Values
Despite more than 250 anti-GSRM (Gender, Sexual, and Romantic Minorities—a more inclusive alternative for LGBTQIA++) bills filed already in states across the US in 2021, we “rainbow people” do still have a lot to be... Read More
FIRST PERSON | Atheism and the Solitary Man
Over the past seven years I’ve written a number of letters to the editor of this magazine and have been fortunate in that about a dozen were published, along with a book review in 2016.... Read More