Here’s the One Nice Thing We’ll Say about Donald Trump
He’s a real estate billionaire, the owner of the Miss USA pageant, and a denier of Barack Obama’s US citizenship. And now he wants... Read More
The Bomb: Reflections on the Anniversary of the Hiroshima Attack
On August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, by the United States from a solitary aircraft; one of the members... Read More
Rules Are for Schmucks: Little Sisters of Deceit
Al Gore, who won the popular vote for president in 2000 and who many believe would have taken office but for Supreme Court interference,... Read More
Upcoming TV Shows for Humanists: Impastor, The Young Pope, and a Not-Yet-Titled Sitcom By Amy Poehler
From The Big Bang Theory to Orange is the New Black, readers of TheHumanist.com are fans of quality television shows that feature humanist characters... Read More
The Humanist Hour #162: Lessons on Race, Atheism, and White Privilege, with Greg Epstein
Click to download an audio file of this podcast. In this episode, Bo Bennett speaks with Greg Epstein, Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University and... Read More
Saving Minks from Fur Farms is, According to the FBI, “Terrorism”
Terrorism, often associated with violent political attacks against civilians, is an emotionally charged term, used more frequently now after 9/11. The FBI defines terrorism... Read More
Book Review: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s new book Between the World and Me is a short one—really a collection of three essays, designed as a letter to his... Read More
Why Cecil the Lion Sparked More Outrage than Sandra Bland
It’s 1 AM in the morning, and I’m watching some silly TV show as I try to fall asleep so that I won’t be... Read More
The Secret Catholics of Jamestown
In 2010, archeologists from Preservation Virginia discovered four post holes on the Jamestown Settlement (the first successful colonial settlement in the US) which were... Read More
James Baldwin Battles Humanity
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught... Read More
