The Magic of Reality: How We Know What’s Really True

Who was the first person really? Why are there so many different kinds of animals? What are things made of? Why do we have night and day, winter and summer? Why do bad things happen?... Read More
Interview with Chris Johnson, Author of A Better Life: 100 Atheists Speak Out on Joy and Meaning in a World Without God

Humanist Network News is pleased to support a new book project created by New York photographer and filmmaker Chris Johnson. A Better Life: 100 Atheists Speak Out on Joy and Meaning in a World Without... Read More
Humanist Voices in Verse: Some Call It Love

In celebration of Valentine’s Day and Darwin Day next week, we are featuring a poem by Daniel Thomas Moran, the poetry editor for Humanist Network News. Daniel Thomas Moran served as Poet Laureate of Suffolk... Read More
Book Review: And So It Goes, Kurt Vonnegut: A Life

For those of us who love Kurt Vonnegut’s books, and the humanist persona that surrounds many of them, Charles Shields new biography "Kurt Vonnegut: A Life" is a bit of a jolt. The man Shields... Read More
The Leftovers

The Rapture is not dead. Despite the biblical admonition found in Matthew 24:36 (NIV) that, “about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the... Read More
Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others

The late Richard Rorty, a distinguished humanist philosopher, opened his 1993 Amnesty International lecture with a shocking account of sexual sadism perpetrated against Bosnian Muslims by Serbs during the ethnic war that was still raging... Read More
Holiday Gift Ideas for the Humanist

Still doing your Winter Solstice/HumanLight/Festivus/Christmahanukwanzaa shopping and looking for the perfect gift for the humanist in your life? Here are some fun gift ideas for your godless heathen: 1. Books, Books, and More Books. No... Read More