Rules Are for Schmucks: The Censored UN Report
Politicians don’t want to hear what they don’t want to hear. That’s why some of them, like Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), have stopped holding... Read More
Humanist Women in History: Lisa Kalvelage
March is Women’s History Month in the United States, the UK, and Australia. In commemoration we bring you the fourth of our five-part Humanist... Read More
When’s the Next Local Humanist Group Meeting? Ask Alexa.
I’m a member of the Red Bank Humanists (RBH), a chapter of the American Humanist Association that meets monthly in Red Bank, New Jersey.... Read More
Disney’s Gay Moment in Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast is the classic tale of the beautiful townswoman Belle, who falls unexpectedly in love with her captor, the cursed beast... Read More
Humanist EDge: “Wasn’t I the Lucky One?” Memories of a Humanist Institute Graduate
It’s been thirty-three years since I first stepped into the New York Society for Ethical Culture building on Central Park West and Sixty-Fourth Street.... Read More
Immigrants and Violence: Americans Were a Lot Braver in 1920
On the night of June 2, 1919, the assistant secretary of the Navy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and his wife Eleanor walked past the home... Read More
Book Review: The Burning Years by Felicity Harley
Imagine a cackle of hyenas are chasing you towards the edge of a precipice. Do you stay and fight or do you take a... Read More
Will the Tuam Babies Scandal Ignite an Investigation into Church-State Relations in Ireland?
In 2012 amateur historian Catherine Corless began investigating the abandoned Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland. Disconcerted by the... Read More
The Humanist Dilemma: It’s Okay for an Atheist to Celebrate St. Paddy’s Day, Right?
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 Cartoon History of Humanism, Episode 52 Gods, Words, and Other Invasive Species: The Work of Daniel Dennett, Querysmith
View all episodes in the Cartoon History of Humanism series. Gods, Words, and Other Invasive Species: The Work of Daniel Dennett, Querysmith And one... Read More
