A New Day
On Thursday, March 29, 2018, Federal District Court Judge Terrence W. Boyle forced the state of North Carolina to recognize humanism as a religion... Read More
A Pervasive Impression of Our Depravity: William T. Vollman’s Carbon Ideologies
Those looking for hope (or even energizing desperation) about our prospects for dealing with global warming will want to avoid William T. Vollmann’s new... Read More
Leonardo da Vinci
BY WALTER ISAACSON SIMON & SCHUSTER, 2017 624 PP.; $35.00 “Leonardo was a genius,” Walter Isaacson says near the end of Leonardo da Vinci.... Read More
I’ll Continue to Affirm that This Was a Failure of the Editor.
On May 7 a white woman at Yale called campus police on fellow graduate student Lolade Siyonbola, a black woman who had fallen asleep... Read More
The Humanevangelist: Holding Kids Hostage Is Un-American and Inhuman
Read the AHA Board statement on southern border policy here. “Like animals in a cage.” That's how a federal contractor describes the warehousing of... Read More
Meet the New Intern: Abigail Ulman
Please welcome the Center for Freethought Equality’s new summer intern, Abigail Ulman! TheHumanist.com: What is your educational and work background? I am currently a... Read More
USCIRF’s Annual Report Misses the Mark on Bangladesh
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recently released their closely watched annual report on religious freedom, and while the report does a... Read More
The Humanist Dilemma: What Happened to the Nonbeliever Who Asked about Volunteering at a Church?
Experiencing an ethical dilemma? Need advice from a humanist perspective? Send your questions to The Humanist Dilemma at dilemma@thehumanist.com (subject line: Humanist Dilemma). All... Read More
The Comics Section: Divine Guidance and Republican Roulette
The latest from Jesus and Mo and Raging Pencils!
Humanism in American Elections: Is a “Nones” Wave Coming?
June may arguably be the most important primary month in the 2018 midterm season. With primaries every Tuesday in many battleground states, voters are... Read More