The Comics Section: A Plan to Let Children Starve, Religious Anthropomorphizing, and No Guns Allowed
It’s all your favorites: The Atheist Pig, Jesus and Mo and Raging Pencils!
The Aliens of the Gaps
Humanists are already familiar with the “God of the gaps” theory, which refers to poorly made arguments assuming that if a phenomenon doesn’t have... Read More
Rules Are for Schmucks: A Fleeting Victory for Chickens
Last fall I wrote a piece about “Religion and the Torture of Animals,” describing, among other things, the unsuccessful efforts of animal welfare advocates... Read More
Humanism in Action through Nonbeliever Chaplaincy
September 2, 2008. That’s the day I first arrived in Richmond, Virginia, from New York City to embark on a journey that didn’t have... Read More
Film Review: Before the Flood A More Inconvenient Truth
This summer marked the ten-year anniversary of Al Gore’s groundbreaking climate change documentary An Inconvenient Truth, and a pertinent reminder of the climate catastrophe... Read More
The Humanist Hour #217: Vic Wang and Benita Malone on Humanists of Houston
Download an audio file of this podcast. The Humanists of Houston are American Humanist Association's largest local chapter and they're on pace to become... Read More
A Breakdown of Your Mansplaining on Social Media about Gender Pay Equity
In 2015 the World Economic Forum estimated that it would take 118 years for the world’s women to finally gain equal pay. This year... Read More
On the Hill: Senate Opposition to Russell Amendment Shows Changed Attitudes to LGBTQ Rights
Last week forty-two US senators came together to oppose the anti-LGBTQ Russell Amendment in the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). If passed, the... Read More
The Southern Poverty Law Center Isn’t Perfect—and Humanists Can Do More than Just Criticize It
Many humanists feel that the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) failed to make a critical distinction between criticism and hate speech last week when... Read More
Empowering the Black Community through Science, One Church at a Time
It’s a cringe-worthy phrase many skeptics have heard: “I don’t believe in science.” Our faces drop. Our eyes roll. We let out a deep... Read More