Featured Survey: Understanding Nontheistic Communities Measuring the wellbeing and attitudes of nontheistic people who belong to communities.
A note from the AHA Executive Director Roy Speckhardt: I hope you'll participate in this important study with the potential to dispel negative myths... Read More
Medical Aid-In-Dying Must Continue and Reform
In late January, opinion writer Charles Lane wrote in the Washington Post about a medical aid-in-dying case that happened in the Netherlands in 2016.... Read More
States Push to Reinstate Net Neutrality Laws
On January 29 California senators voted 21-12 to pass a bill, SB460, that would re-establish net neutrality in the state. Authored by State Senate... Read More
Teaching the Bible in Public Schools
Lately there’s been a rash of state legislators introducing bills that would allow—and in some cases require—public schools to offer elective courses about the... Read More
Humanist Profile: Ijeoma Oluo
February is Black History Month in the United States and Canada. In commemoration we bring you a four-part series highlighting fascinating and influential black... Read More
Three Good Reasons to Skip the Super Bowl (Besides the Religion)
This Sunday millions of people will tune in to watch the most beloved tradition in American sports: the Super Bowl. This annual event determines... Read More
The Humanist Dilemma: When Religious Dictates and Mental Health Collide
Experiencing an ethical dilemma? Need advice from a humanist perspective? Send your questions to The Humanist Dilemma at dilemma@thehumanist.com (subject line: Humanist Dilemma). All... Read More
The Comics Section: Twitter Archives & Donald J. Nixon
The latest from Jesus and Mo and Raging Pencils!
Don’t Celebrate Black History Month without Creating Paths toward Free Black Futures Imagine a nation committed to realizing a free Black America
Today marks the official start to another twenty-eight-day cycle where the media, public schools, and a considerable chunk of the U.S. population will reach... Read More
Zoos & Aquariums: Getting in Touch with Nature through Others’ Captivity
Since the 2013 documentary Blackfish, about Seaworld and the controversy over an orca it held, many of us are familiar with the ethics of... Read More
