MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR: The Next Great Humanist Debate
The overwhelming response to last week’s HNN debate on pornography was fantastic. I say that, even despite some negative reactions, because it reminds me... Read More
The State of Religion: Declining Belief in God Worldwide
By Brian Magee Two recent studies released almost simultaneously provide more hard evidence that religion is slowly losing its grip on humanity, even in... Read More
No Name-Calling: Why We Shouldn
By Zach Hudson A You Tube clip from a BBC talk show called The Big Questions caught my attention recently. Kate Smurthwaite, a comedian,... Read More
Humanist Magazine Cover Contest: The New Skepticism
Can you name all of the skeptics that appear on the cover of the Humanist magazine's May/June 2012 issue? (If you’re not receiving the... Read More
From the AHA Archives: Corliss Lamont
Listen to the keynote speech by civil liberties activist and past AHA president Corliss Lamont at the AHA’s 41st Annual Conference at the Massachusetts... Read More
Celebrating the Celebrants: A Profile of Janis Levin-Gorelick
Janis Levin-Gorelick became certified as a Humanist Minister with the Humanist Society in 1995. Since then, she has been successful in her field and... Read More
Music Selections for a Humanist Funeral
By Steve Major Recently there was a very interesting and popular article in HNN about what to say to a grieving humanist, since so... Read More
Book Review: The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt
Awarded the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction, Stephen Greenblatt’s new book The Swerve: How the World Became Modern gives us a fascinating, if somewhat... Read More
Humanist Voices in Verse:
This week we’re featuring a poem by a new contributor, Sylvia Ramos Cruz. Ramos Cruz is a physician and surgeon, gardener and world traveler... Read More
The Comics Section: Religious Beer, Secular Lemonade, and Tattoos
The latest from Jesus and Mo, Ape Not Monkey, and The Bad Chemicals!