Executive Director Roy Speckhardt submits testimony to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee concerning the harmful use of solitary confinement in our nation’s federal prisons.... Read More

This week the Supreme Court declined to hear a California case where a Christian cross as part of a veterans’ war memorial was declared... Read More

The American Humanist Association just hit 55,000 "likes" on Facebook! We’re thrilled to be reaching a younger, Internet savvy demographic with regular updates on AHA’s... Read More

As humanists we recognize that we all only get one chance to live, which is why we work so hard to make life better... Read More

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This week’s poem is by Sylvia Ramos Cruz, who previously wrote the poem “Origins,” published in HNN in April 2012. Ramos Cruz is a... Read More

This week’s comic features the musical stylings of Jesus and Mo!    

Luis Granados, director of the AHA’s publishing house, Humanist Press, responds to the Catholic bishops' Fortnight for Freedom, a 14-day campaign which, according to... Read More

Luis Granados, director of the AHA’s publishing house, Humanist Press, responds to the Catholic bishops' Fortnight for Freedom, a 14-day campaign which, according to... Read More

by Ellery Schempp I write in remembrance and appreciation. Engel v. Vitale was decided 7-1 on June 25, 1962 in a truly landmark Supreme... Read More