An Australian Rodent Has Gone Extinct Due to Climate Change. Are Humans Next?
If you Google Image search the Bramble Cay melomys, the results will show a rather unremarkable looking rat. With its large, black, shiny eyes... Read More
North Carolina Democratic Convention Adds the Non-Religious to Its List of Protected Classes
They say that the way to change the world is to start in your own backyard. I recently had an opportunity to put that... Read More
Humanists Show LGBTQ Pride
Throughout June, several chapters and affiliates of the American Humanist Association are participating in LGBTQ Pride Month by marching in parades, participating in local... Read More
A Reason Rally Wedding: Our Humanist Love Story
Secular and humanist groups mean a great deal to people, often being the one sure place where a person can connect with others who... Read More
The Comics Section: Prime Motivation, Talking to Toasters, News You’ll Never Hear
New comics by Jesus and Mo, The Atheist Pig, and Raging Pencils!
Ethical Dilemma: Humanist Origins of Nonviolence
Experiencing an ethical dilemma? Need advice from a humanist perspective? Send your questions to The Ethical Dilemma at dilemma@thehumanist.com (subject line: Ethical Dilemma). All... Read More
Pro-Life Groups Sending Targeted Anti-Choice Ads to Smartphones
If the news of Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signing into law a bill that provides $2 million in state funding to anti-choice crisis pregnancy... Read More
Human, Not Object: Feminist and Humanist Messages in Jessica Valenti’s Sex Object
In the introduction to her latest book, Sex Object, feminist activist and 2014 recipient of the American Humanist Association’s Humanist Heroine award Jessica Valenti... Read More
Rules Are for Schmucks: Why Should Islam Get a Postage Stamp?
The day before Omar Mateen stepped into an Orlando nightclub catering to the LGBTQ community and murdered forty-nine innocent people, the US Postal Service... Read More
Educational Disparities Need Larger Place in Political Discourse
Last Wednesday, shortly after the Department of Education released their “Condition of Education 2016” report, the Brookings Institute hosted a panel to bring public... Read More