On the night of June 2, 1919, the assistant secretary of the Navy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and his wife Eleanor walked past the home... Read More

Imagine a cackle of hyenas are chasing you towards the edge of a precipice. Do you stay and fight or do you take a... Read More

In 2012 amateur historian Catherine Corless began investigating the abandoned Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland. Disconcerted by the... Read More

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

View all episodes in the Cartoon History of Humanism series. Gods, Words, and Other Invasive Species: The Work of Daniel Dennett, Querysmith And one... Read More

According to a new study published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, American adults are having less sex now than their counterparts were thirty... Read More

Briarwood Presbyterian Church in suburban Birmingham, Alabama, is pressing for a bill in the current session of the Alabama legislature to give itself something... Read More

March is Women’s History Month in the United States, the UK, and Australia. In commemoration we bring you the third of our five-part series:... Read More

“This sickness will not end in death,” Jesus said of his follower Lazarus, as he heard of the latter’s ailment. Lazarus had fallen ill... Read More

Life is short and books are plenty. We humanists, being avid readers, know well the frustration of not having the time to read every... Read More