The Comics Section: Farewell to The Bad Chemicals
Sad news: The Bad Chemicals is no more! We salute cartoonist Brent C. for all his great work and feature one of his final... Read More
Gloria Steinem and Other Women Activists Cross the North-South Korean Border for Peace
This past Sunday, on International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament, a group of thirty women activists from fifteen different countries, WomenCrossDMZ, crossed the... Read More
Rules Are for Schmucks: RFRA Bares its Christian Fangs
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) was originally presented to the world as being content-neutral. It wasn’t supposed to favor any one religion over... Read More
Grand Canyon Expansion: Greater Access to Visitors or a Threat to Nature?
Two major proposed development projects may make the Grand Canyon more accessible to tourists—or, depending on how you see it, threaten its natural scenery.... Read More
Why Humanists Should Support Increasing the Minimum Wage
From reading the news, one might think that money was raining from the skies over Los Angeles last week, after the City Council voted... Read More
The Humanist Hour #152: 2015 AHA Annual Conference Interviews, Part I
Click here to download an audio file of this podcast. In this special hour and a half episode, we hear from several humanists on... Read More
On the Hill: RFRA Was Good. Now It’s Bad. Will Congress Change It?
Last Thursday I attended a packed congressional briefing at the US Capitol that attempted to explain what exactly the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)... Read More
Valuing Women: Will We See a Fresh Face on the Almighty Dollar?
“Rosa Parks.” “Gloria Steinem.” “Amelia Earhart.” “Margaret Stanger.” “My mother.” These were all answers given by attendees at the American Humanist Association’s annual conference... Read More
The Ethical Dilemma: A Customer Invited Me to Church. How Should I Respond?
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
Quiz: How Well Do You Know America’s Religious Landscape?
Recently, the Pew Research Center published a report on America’s changing religious landscape. According to Pew, the number of Christians in the United States... Read More