The Humanist Hour #156: Creating Change Through Humanism, with Roy Speckhardt
Click to download an audio file of this podcast. In this episode, Bo Bennett speaks with American Humanist Association Executive Director Roy Speckhardt about... Read More
Would You Pay for Wikipedia If It Contained Humanism?
Where would we be without Wikipedia? While the online encyclopedia’s accuracy has sometimes been called into question, its mission of providing free and comprehensive... Read More
On the Hill: War on Women Ramps Up
In a move sure to please their conservative base while infuriating many others, the GOP has introduced a slate of new anti-abortion measures. Not... Read More
Uncertain Humanism and the Water of Whiteness
IN 2005, one of today’s most revered American writers, David Foster Wallace (now deceased), delivered a commencement address to graduates of Kenyon College, titled... Read More
Outlaw Humanism Embracing Uncertainty and the Flesh that Struggles to Be Seen
I'D LIKE TO THANK the American Humanist Association (Maggie Ardiente in particular) and Dr. Anthony B. Pinn for organizing the “Humanism and Race” panel... Read More
Do All Black Lives Matter? Feminism, Humanism, and State Violence
LAST YEAR I took my six-year-old daughter to a demonstration and die-in in Hollywood. Across the globe, protestors from every walk of life had... Read More
Confronting Racism: Don’ts & Dos for Humanists
THERE ARE DEBATED ISSUES within the humanist movement revolving around the agenda that should guide humanist thinking and activism. Is it enough to address... Read More
Giving people room to respond to the fire of their own truth is a wholly humanist act.
IT MAY OR MAY NOT surprise you to know that there are self-identified humanists who don’t think systemic racism is a big problem in... Read More
Pathologies of Power Widespread tendency to defer to authority plays important role in the expansion of state power
"A tyranny," Plato says in the Republic, "is the wretchedest form of government," and "a tyrant grows worse from having power: he becomes and... Read More
Why Are So Many Unarmed Black Americans Killed by the Police?
In late May the U.S. Department of Justice announced strict new standards be placed on the police department of Cleveland, Ohio, after a review... Read More