High-Stakes Test The Supreme Court and the Future of Church-State Separation
The name Alton Lemon may not ring any bells for you, but it should. Lemon, who died on May 4 at age eighty-four, was... Read More
The Lone Humanist One Man’s Struggle to Save Humanity By Defending the Prairie
America’s belief in climate change can be as fickle as the weather. Every time a heat wave or violent storm strikes, the polls register... Read More
Science of the Inconceivable
Imagine yourself on the south rim of the Grand Canyon and feel the natural power, pulsing through everything. The pulse is out there in... Read More
The Human Future: Upgrade or Replacement?
A computer can be upgraded by adding memory, or a whizzier operating system—but eventually it’s time to just get a new computer. Is humanity’s... Read More
On Eating Animals
Some years ago in a Montana slaughterhouse, a Black Angus cow awaiting execution suddenly went berserk, jumped a five-foot fence, and escaped. She ran... Read More
Is There Room for Nontheists at Interfaith Services?
Almost as soon as the bombs detonated during the Boston Marathon on April 15, the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University began responding to the... Read More
Why We Allow the Destruction of Our Planet
It’s not enough to point out that our political system is saturated with money, including money from coal and oil and nukes and gas.... Read More
EDITOR’S NOTE
An embrace of end-times theology often coincides with less willingness to address global climate change, as reported in the June issue of Political Research... Read More
The Humanist Hour #84: Dr. Sean M. Carroll
A new episode of the Humanist Hour is available for listening. Keep reading to find out about the guest on this month's show. In... Read More
MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR: Remembering Humanist Rights on World Humanist Day
This Friday, June 21, international freethought organizations around the world will be celebrating World Humanist Day, an annual event celebrating the global humanist movement.... Read More
