Happy Halloween! In the latest edition of our staff picks series, we choose our favorite scary (and some not-so-scary) films in time for All Hallows' Eve. If you've ever wondered how the Olsen twins and... Read More

This week’s poem is by Daniel Thomas Moran, TheHumanist.com poetry editor, retired dentist and Boston University Assistant Professor, former Poet Laureate of Suffolk County, New York and the author of seven collections of poetry. He... Read More

Halloween-themed comics by Jesus and Mo, Ape Not Monkey, and The Bad Chemicals!              

Let’s begin with a bit of brutal honesty concerning U.S. politics: there are people who will refuse to vote for a political candidate purely because of their stance on or stock in atheism or humanism.... Read More

The twentieth of May this year was cause for celebration for many Pennsylvania residents: the state’s same-sex marriage ban was lifted and gay and lesbian couples were finally able to legally unite. Our local LGBT... Read More

View all episodes in the Cartoon History of Humanism series. Out-Princing the Princes: The Renaissance Patronage and Diplomacy of Isabella d’Este Bald-faced treachery has always been a stalwart component of European statesmanship, but there was... Read More

The recent media frenzy surrounding Gamergate, which Erik Kain explains in detail in Forbes, has brought to light once again the issue of sexism in the video and online gaming industry. To summarize, a female... Read More