Humanist Voices in Verse: “The R-Word”
This week’s poem is by Ikhtisad Ahmed. Ikhtisad is a Bengali writer and the grandson of the legendary intellectual, litterateur and poet Mahbub ul Alam Chowdhury and the decorated gender rights and development specialist Jowshan... Read More
The Comics Section: Easter, Atheist Hell, Does God Know Right From Wrong?
New comics by Jesus and Mo, Ape Not Monkey, and The Bad Chemicals!
Hey, Trevor Noah—We Don’t All Need a God
When my boyfriend and I first started watching Trevor Noah’s stand-up comedy in late 2014, it was like discovering a hidden gem. Our inside jokes would center around something silly from his routines like saying... Read More
Humanist Statue Erected Opposite Christ Statue in Rio Artist’s rendition of the Happy Humanist statue soon to be built atop Rio’s Sugarloaf Mountain
This post appeared in our 2015 April Fools' Day edition. The election commission of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, announced today that the city’s population has voted overwhelmingly to erect a thirty-meter Happy Humanist statue atop... Read More
Ricky Gervais’s Legs Appear in a Peeled Carrot
This post appeared in our 2015 April Fools' Day edition. A woman telecommuting from her home in Bethesda, Maryland, on Tuesday got an unexpected surprise while preparing her daily salad for lunch. “I grabbed a... Read More
AHA Moves Headquarters to U.S.’s Most Religious City
This post appeared in our 2015 April Fools' Day edition. The American Humanist Association announced today that it would be moving its headquarters from Washington, DC, to Nashville, Tennessee, which the Public Religion Research Institute... Read More
Sen. Ted Cruz Named AHA Honorary President
This post appeared in our 2015 April Fools' Day edition. Today the American Humanist Association announced that its new honorary president will be Texas Senator and U.S. presidential candidate Ted Cruz. “I was praying to... Read More