What Are Mothers to Do? How a New Tennessee Law Criminalizes Pregnancy and Promotes Religion
No one would dispute that taking illegal drugs during pregnancy is detrimental to both a woman and her fetus. While reports of severely impaired... Read More
Promotional Wheels Keep on Turning
On May 5, in reaction to the Town of Greece v. Galloway Supreme Court decision that found nondiscriminatory prayers before legislative meetings to be... Read More
Humanist Voices in Verse: “Left-wing Patriot” by Helen Bennett
This week's poem is by Helen Bennett. Helen is the author of Humanism, What's That? A Book for Curious Kids (2005, Prometheus Books). Helen... Read More
The Comics Section: The Golden Rule, Snake Oil Fraud, and Creative Happiness
Your favorites are back! New comics by Jesus and Mo, Ape Not Monkey, and The Bad Chemicals!
Skeptical at First Sight
Humanists pride themselves on their rational compassion—the ethical stance dictating that, in lieu of any evidence for a deity who created and cares about... Read More
Rules Are for Schmucks: Vaccination Tango
Previously we looked at some unintended consequences of laws designed to promote religion in the workplace. This week considers a particularly problematic example of... Read More
An Invocation for Everyone: What the Secular Invocation in Greece, N.Y., Means for Humanists
With a population of about 96,000, the town of Greece, New York, is hardly the sort of place one would expect to make national... Read More
The Humanist Hour #107: On Being a “Faitheist” with Chris Stedman
Click here to download an audio file of this podcast. In this episode, Bo interviews Chris Stedman: interfaith leader, author, and humanist. Chris is... Read More
TV Review: The Leftovers
HBO's new series The Leftovers is a show about what is presumably the Rapture. But wait, fellow humanists! Don't tune out just yet, because... Read More
Humanist Billboards Work, in Non-Mysterious Ways
I was raised as a fundamentalist Christian. When I left those beliefs behind I looked for substitute religions, each time choosing one less dogmatic... Read More
