“Just You Watch”— Climate Change Will Intensify
At least thirty-five people are dead from the wildfires ravishing the West Coast. So far, hundreds of thousands have been forced to evacuate their... Read More
2020 Harvard Humanist of the Year Award
The American Humanist Association (AHA) is honored to partner with the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard, one of our chapters, in presenting HCH’s 2020 Humanist... Read More
What Would a Humanist Do? Navigating the Language of Grief
Today we bring you our latest installment of “What Would a Humanist Do?”—offering multiple AHA staff opinions on reader questions. Because while humanists are committed to... Read More
In Memoriam: Philip Appleman, 1926-2020
Philip Appleman died on April 11, 2020. He was a poet, novelist, editor, and humanist. Appleman earned degrees from Northwestern University, the University of... Read More
The Comics Section: Perceived Slights and Mail Mechanics
The latest from Jesus and Mo and Raging Pencils!
Offering a Humanist Hand to Asylum Seekers
Bordering the United States, Tijuana is a crowded, bustling Mexican city that looks out over the calm Pacific Ocean and at the same time... Read More
Doubt, Marriage, and the NakedPastor
In his latest book, Til Doubt Do Us Part: When Changing Beliefs Change Your Marriage, former pastor and cartoonist David Hayward (aka NakedPastor) explores... Read More
Trolling and Controlling: Harming Trans Athletes Is Not a Humanist Sport
A few weeks ago this story was shared on the Facebook page of the American Humanist Association (AHA) to celebrate a preliminary injunction by... Read More
Poetry Contest: Your Top Humanist Haikus
TheHumanist.com is pleased to announce the winners of our first-ever humanist haiku contest! Two weeks ago we asked readers to express their thoughts on... Read More
The Comics Section: The Hatch Act and School Sabotage
The latest from Cagle Cartoons and Raging Pencils! By Bob Englehart, PoliticalCartoons.com