Why Every Humanist Should Care about Criminal Justice Reform
People identify as humanists because they care about remediating societal ills and helping humanity to progress. Choosing to live as rationally and compassionately as... Read More
Film Review: The Atheist Delusion
Christian evangelist Ray Comfort asks the big questions. Well, one question (and it kind of has to do with the small): Is DNA intelligently... Read More
Science & Religion in the Rough Why human evolution and the multitude of extrasolar planets complicate the idea that we are special
Jared Diamond is the author of five best-selling books about human societies and human evolution, which have been translated into thirty-eight languages. 1991’s The... Read More
Active Duty: My Dedication to Liberty, Justice, and an End to Wars
Medea Benjamin has been an advocate for social justice for more than forty years. As an economist and nutritionist with the United Nations and... Read More
A Bridge Supreme: Connecting Humanism to a Liberal, Loving Christianity
John Shelby Spong was the Episcopal Bishop of Newark for over two decades before his retirement in 2000. As a visiting lecturer at Harvard... Read More
I Am What I Am, and Other Truths
In 1970 Ernie Chambers was elected to represent North Omaha’s 11th District in the Nebraska State Legislature as an independent, and was reelected each... Read More
Speeches from Awardees Elizabeth Loftus and John de Lancie
At an evening reception on Saturday, May 28, 2016, The American Humanist Association honored two extraordinary humanists at its 75th Anniversary Conference in Chicago,... Read More
To Enhance Justice: The Risk and Reward of Studying Memory
Elizabeth F. Loftus is one of the nation’s leading experts on memory, eyewitness testimony, and courtroom procedure. She has been an expert witness or... Read More
Inspiration, Sci-Fi, and the Importance of Driving Your Own Bus
Actor John de Lancie is a a graduate of the Julliard School who has appeared in numerous films and television shows. He’s perhaps best... Read More
The Case for Re-Enfranchisement
I was registering voters not too long before the California primary in June when two men came in. One registered, and the other thanked... Read More
