Book Excerpt: Harari’s Nazis Were Not Humanists
Adapted from Chapter 2 of Harari's Humanist Wars of Religion: A Critique of Harari's History of Modern Ideologies by Leslie Allan In Sapiens and... Read More
Species Extinction is a Humanist Issue
It started with either condors or tigers. I was interested in animals from an early age, and the indelible and existential issue of extinction... Read More
The Case for a Human-Centered, Runaway AI
The current and curiously sudden panic over artificial intelligence is dominating front pages and headlines across mainstream media. Titans of AI have issued dark... Read More
Humanism in Africa and Global South Leadership
How does Dr. Leo Igwe plan to strengthen humanism in Africa through practical services, free inquiry, and Global South leadership? Dr. Leo Igwe is... Read More
Black Skeptics Los Angeles Announces its 2026 First in the Family Humanist Forward Freethought Awardees!
In the midst of the Trump administration’s backlash against and attacks on racial, social and educational justice in K-12 and higher education, support for... Read More
The Three Currencies of Life: A Humanist Perspective
We usually treat currency as synonymous with money – the system of exchange that governs much of our daily life. Yet human lives are... Read More
Is Ethics Ethical? What We Still Owe Each Other After the Right Answer
In a hospital with one ventilator and two patients who need it, a triage rule can do almost everything we normally ask it to... Read More
AI Should Deepen Human Judgment Instead of Erasing Apprenticeship
Every profession contains humble work that looks expendable from above. The junior analyst gathers figures. The new lawyer organizes documents. The beginning marketer drafts... Read More
Us, We, Them: The Plight and Responsibility of Being a Modern Human
When I studied anthropology in the 1980s as an undergraduate, the evidence for our species living with other Homo human populations began and ended... Read More
When Belief Overrides Humanity: The Thin Line Between Faith and Extremism
Ten years ago, I watched a video of a hostage execution during the Iraq War. What stayed with me wasn't the violence — it... Read More
