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Eugenie Scott is an anthropologist and the former executive director of the National Center for Science Education, which she led from 1987-2013. She has... Read More

Jessica Valenti, 2014 Humanist Heroine Jessica Valenti is the founder of the influential feminist website, Feministing, and the author of four books on feminism,... Read More

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One hot, muggy summer day a few years back I was walking with a friend across a public university campus in Buffalo, New York,... Read More

THE TRADITION here at the Humanist is to devote our year-end issue to highlighting the wonderful individuals honored at the American Humanist Association’s annual... Read More

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