The Humanist Dilemma: When Does Sharing One’s Religious Experiences Become an Attempt to Convert?
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: Religion & Intelligence and a Wall of Protection
Your favorites from Jesus and Mo and Raging Pencils!
Rules Are for Schmucks: Trump in Poland
Our beleaguered president delivered a major speech in Poland last month. In it, he repeatedly lumped Poland and the United States together under the... Read More
Depictions, Perceptions, and Harm: An Interview with Media Critic Jean Kilbourne
Advertising and media images play an important and influential role in everyday life. American business continues to produce advertisements that violate, objectify, and sexualize... Read More
Meet the New AHA Staff Member: Amy Couch
Meet the AHA’s new Communications Manager, Amy Couch! TheHumanist.com: What is your educational and work background? I graduated from the University of Tulsa with... Read More
On the Hill: Religious Freedom Ambassadorship May Soon Be Filled
As part of the American Humanist Association’s mission to defend religious freedom for all, including nontheists and theists alike, we often work with the... Read More
The “Human” in “Humanist” Includes Trans
Last week the Trump administration launched one of the most aggressive attacks on the LGBTQ community to date. On Wednesday, Donald Trump announced via... Read More
Closing Time: Harvard’s Ban on Single-Sex Social Clubs
Absolute bans rarely fix problems. The ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment and the following thirteen years of Prohibition, for example, didn’t end drinking but... Read More
Oppressive Atheism: In China, Religion Can Be a Form of Activism
China’s governing party, the Communist Party of China (CPC), recently banned the practice of religion for all of its 88+ million members in an... Read More
The Humanist Dilemma: To Curse or Not to Curse
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