The Comics Section: No-Platforming, Dictatorships, and Lung Transplants
The latest from Jesus and Mo, Raging Pencils, and The Atheist Pig!
Are You Kidding? Child Welfare Agencies that Discriminate Don’t Deserve Government Funding
In September 2017, the ACLU sued the state of Michigan for working with faith-based adoption agencies that regularly incorporate discriminatory practices. This case, Dumont... Read More
Ahead of the Curve: The Cryptocoin Conspiracy – Part 2
Last week I gave an oversimplified explanation of how bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies work, how they do not in practice offer most of the... Read More
Unsanitized Buddhism and Humanitarian Crises
For decades many humanists have felt a special kinship with the religion of Buddhism. Humanist Paul Chiariello sums it up most emphatically on his... Read More
God Doesn’t Give Us More Than We Can Handle Because God Doesn’t Give Us Anything
On this day, March 21st, known as Down Syndrome Awareness Day (3/21 = 3 copies of the 21st chromosome…get it?), social media is lighting... Read More
What Happens in Vegas… Is a Whole Lotta Humanism at the AHA’s 77th Annual Conference!
We are just eight weeks away from the American Humanist Association’s 77th Annual Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada! The AHA takes pride in this... Read More
Humanist EDge: Humanist Activism Takes Many Forms
Tee Rogers, founder of BE. Orlando and the humanist chaplain at the University of Central Florida, is an inspiring humanist activist dedicated to making... Read More
On the Hill: FADA Reintroduced on Capitol Hill
The religious right in Congress is at it again, pushing for more harmful legislation under the guise of religious freedom—legislation that would actually allow... Read More
Humanist EDge: Dear Male Humanists, or a Feminist Manifesto in Ten Suggestions
Last fall I was granted a precious space to speak at an interfaith breakfast ahead of the Planned Parenthood Day of Action in Lansing,... Read More
The Humanist Dilemma: Feeling Philanthropic: Where to Begin?
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