Bo Bennett is an author and host of the American Humanist Association’s podcast The Humanist Hour. His latest project is called “Secular Backstage,” an... Read More

Planned Parenthood has never been a stranger to haters and politicians on the conservative Christian right. Recently, one group made a bold yet unsurprising... Read More

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. In this episode, Bo Bennett speaks with Matt Dillahunty, host of the Atheist Experience cable... Read More

Make no mistake: President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran is a historic victory for reason. On July 14, the Obama administration accomplished what no... Read More

Pewdiepie is a household name. Maybe not to you—or to anyone over the age of twenty-five—but the nearest kid will likely know exactly who... 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

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On January 19, 2006, the New Horizons probe set sail from Earth at the record-breaking launch speed of 36,000 miles per hour. Its destination... Read More

Sometimes it seems that the religious special privilege mania is problematic only in the abstract. Often, the complaint is that a tiny slice of... Read More

On July 13, President Obama commuted the sentences of forty-six drug offenders, thirteen of which were serving life sentences for nonviolent crimes. These commutations,... Read More