Contest: How Would You Rewrite the Pledge of Allegiance?
Many humanists share Herb Silverman’s sentiment in his recent article for the Washington Post’s On Faith: ‘under God’ isn’t the only thing wrong with... Read More
The Ethical Dilemma: An Atheist Oath
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
The Cartoon History of Humanism, Episode 11 Giovanni Boccaccio: Master of Mythology and Softcore 14th-Century Erotica
View all episodes in the Cartoon History of Humanism series. Giovanni Boccaccio: Master of Mythology and Softcore 14th-Century Erotica For six hundred years the... Read More
Rules Are for Schmucks: The Sanctuary Scam
Francisco Aguirre has now become the latest poster boy for “sanctuary,” the bizarre concept that a criminal should be able to avoid arrest by... Read More
Are You Openly Secular? Coalition Launches Campaign to Encourage Seculars to ‘Come Out’
For anyone who has ever needed to “come out” as a humanist, atheist or agnostic, the process can be daunting. The fear of being... Read More
Results of the 2014 AHA Board of Directors Election
In accordance with its bylaws, the American Humanist Association conducted an election for six positions on the AHA Board of Directors. All AHA members... Read More
The Humanist Hour #118: Openly Secular with the Humanist Hour’s Own Todd Stiefel
Click here to download an audio file of this podcast. In this episode, Bo and Kim discuss the Openly Secular campaign with the chairman... Read More
What We’re Learning from the Pledge Kids Critical thinking is often met with hostility in American schools
The American Humanist Association’s Don’t Say the Pledge campaign, which encourages a boycott of the Pledge of Allegiance until the “under God” wording is... Read More
A License to Love—but Not to Drive
It felt more like a cattle market than a driver’s license office. I stood in line and waited for different windows to open before... Read More
Religiously Unaffiliated Members of Congress: Are They Atheists?
Last week on The Colbert Report, Rep. Jared Huffman, who has identified in the past as a Roman Catholic, alluded to Stephen Colbert that... Read More