Please welcome our new social justice digital media intern, Alec Bassett! TheHumanist.com: What is your educational and work background? I graduated from Ohio State... Read More

Camille Paglia has the instincts of a court jester and the tastes of a bank manager. Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism is her third... Read More

For most secondary school students in science classrooms across the United States, dissection is inevitable. Some excitedly await the day, others nervously anticipate it.... Read More

With Donald Trump’s presidency well underway, much of the media coverage has been focused on his executive orders and his attempts to repeal and... Read More

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

New comics by Jesus and Mo, The Atheist Pig, and Raging Pencils!              

To say things aren’t going too well in this country is a bit of an understatement. I’ve written on the current political, environmental, and... Read More

Nowadays, you might say civil liberties and the religious right mix as well as oil and water. There is a staunch resistance from the... Read More

When H. R. McMaster was announced as the replacement for disgraced National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, initial reports disclosed a surprising detail. Not only... Read More

March is Women’s History Month in the United States, the UK, and Australia. In commemoration we bring you the second of our five-part series:... Read More