Margaret Atwood wrote in The Handmaid’s Tale that “nothing changes instantaneously: in a gradually heating bathtub, you'd be boiled to death before you knew... Read More

The American Humanist Association is proud to have active humanist groups in forty-six states and the District of Columbia, and we love helping people... Read More

White House Deputy Director of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli. White House Advisor and Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. Former congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT). All... Read More

(Editor’s Note: Joan is no longer taking questions. Please submit your humanist dilemmas to What Would a Humanist Do?, wwhd@americanhumanist.org) Asked but Not Answered: I... Read More

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It’s now been just over a month since beloved British funnyman Terry Jones died (on January 21). References to his films and the comedic... Read More

Like a belated New Year’s present to his steadfast base, on January 31, 2020, President Trump added six countries—Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Sudan, Myanmar, Tanzania, and Nigeria,... Read More

It’s 2020. Campaigning is in the air, and you can’t go outside without smelling partisanship. If you’re active in a humanist or other secular... Read More

ACCORDING TO HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS and archeologists, cannabis has been used as medicine in China for over 5,000 years. Currently, thirty-three US states and the... Read More

WELCOME TO THE NEW ROARING TWENTIES. The “roar” heard at the dawn of these 2020s isn’t the boisterousness and glitz for which last century’s... Read More