This past Tuesday, Silicon Valley resident, journalist, and author of Age of Optimists: A Quantitative Glimpse of How Silicon Valley Will Transform Political Power... Read More

This Monday’s Google Doodle recognized one of the great civil rights advocates and freethought intellectuals of American history: Frederick Douglass. The American Humanist Association... Read More

With the first electoral event of the 2016 presidential race behind us (with Ted Cruz winning for the Republicans and Democrats Bernie Sanders and Hillary... Read More

I had the honor of attending and participating as a speaker at the Secular Social Justice Conference held at Rice University in Houston, Texas,... Read More

This piece is partially inspired by A Black History Month Challenge, something I hope everyone reading this will participate in. The Black community isn’t... Read More

Many humanists are both bemused and irritated by Ken Ham, a vocal creationist and evolution denier. Ham runs the Kentucky Creation Museum and famously... Read More

After days of playing outside, my mom curiously wondered why I was so quietly content with my Strawberry Shortcake pail. I would return to... 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

This week’s poem is by Chris Roe. Roe is 66 years old and lives in Norfolk, England. His poetry has been published in magazines... Read More

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