April marks the fortieth anniversary of the release of Rush’s album 2112, described by Rolling Stone as the band’s “prog-rock magnum opus” and by... Read More

It’s not the kind of headline you see every day: “Chef prepared curry after wiping bottom with his bare hands ‘for cultural reasons.’” If... Read More

I grew up with a Catholic mother and a humanist father. We went to church on Sundays, and I went to Sunday school as... Read More

How can religion be discussed in a secular way? Do conversations about religion inherently promote a religious agenda, or can the topic of religion... Read More

On April 26, Jamie Raskin, a member of the American Humanist Association and humanist candidate endorsed by the Freethought Equality Fund (FEF), won a... Read More

America’s religious makeup is changing in the new millennium, according to a recent Pew poll that shows the number of American Christians declining while... Read More

Humanists place a primacy on human reason and ethics beyond the encouragement or authority of what’s perceived to be sacred texts. Toward this end,... Read More

Having now written a dozen books, University of North Carolina Religious Studies Professor Bart Ehrman has long been a mainstay in the research and... Read More

The Zika virus is all over the news. Zika is surely dangerous, but it has its limitations and is likely to be well contained.... Read More

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