Religious Freedom Under Threat
This week, I attended a meeting at the US State Department with a coalition of religious and nontheistic advocacy groups that are concerned about... Read More
The Ethical Dilemma: Coming Out to Pastor Parents
Experiencing an ethical dilemma? Need advice from a humanist perspective? Send your questions to The Ethical Dilemma at dilemma@thehumanist.com (subject line: Ethical Dilemma). All... Read More
The Comic Section: Cured by a Dead Nun, Suffocated by Opinion, and Prayer Quotas
New comics from your favorites: Jesus and Mo, Raging Pencils, and Atheist Pig.
Why Aren’t There More Women in the Secular Community? An Interview with Kristen Kennedy
Last week, I discovered a story about Denver University’s Kristen Kennedy, a senior undergraduate double-majoring in International Studies and Sociology who has received grant... Read More
Special Remembrance: Carol Wintermute
Update: Life Celebration information has been added to the end of this article. Carol Wintermute, a longtime leader of the humanist movement in the... Read More
Religion of Sports: Exploring Parallels between American Institutions
This November, NFL quarterback Tom Brady and Hall-of-Famer Michael Strahan will bring a new television series into your home. The show, Religion of Sports,... Read More
O’er the Land of the Free…ish Colin Kaepernick’s Quintessentially American Protest
Would you vow to recite and honor words you don’t understand, written by a man you never knew, without question, simply because someone told... Read More
The Humanist Hour #211: Noelle George on Foundation Beyond Belief
Download an audio file of this podcast. We like to say that we’re “good without a god,” but the fact of the matter is... Read More
The Humanist Challenge to the Sainthood of Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa is now known worldwide as “St. Teresa of Calcutta” after being canonized by the Catholic Church on September 4 in Rome. Her... Read More
The Humanist Interview with Gene Roddenberry
The March/April 1991 issue of the Humanist magazine featured an exclusive, in-depth (twenty-six page!) interview between then-Editor David Alexander and Star Trek creator and... Read More
