The Humanist Hour #142: Having Fun with Superstitions, with Margaret Downey
Click here to download an audio file of this podcast. In this episode, Bo Bennett interviews former AHA board member Margaret Downey about several... Read More
Film Review: Chappie Is a Refreshingly Not-Set-in-America Imagining of a Technological Future
A coming-of-age story about a sentient robot, South African director Neill Blomkamp’s latest film, Chappie, is a sorely underrated and original film that leaves... Read More
Inconvenient Truths and Nuisance Flooding: How We Talk about Climate Change
“Global warming.” “Climate change.” Whatever you call the dramatic shifts in temperature currently affecting our planet, the vast majority of the world’s scientists agree... Read More
The Worst Kind of Brotherhood Fraternity’s chant shocks, but fits its history
By now, we’ve all heard of the University of Oklahoma chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity, infamous for a leaked video in... Read More
College Not Prisons: Black Skeptics Los Angeles’ “First in the Family” Humanist Scholarship
In 2013, Black Skeptics Los Angeles (BSLA) spearheaded its First in the Family Humanist Scholarship initiative which provides resources to undocumented, foster care, homeless, and LGBTQ youth... Read More
The Ethical Dilemma: Scout or Out?
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 Comics Section: Islamophobes, A Passing Fad, Trust in the Lord
New comics by Jesus and Mo, Ape Not Monkey, and The Bad Chemicals!
Women’s History Month: History Yet to Be Made on Equal Rights Amendment
(Research for this article was provided by Karen Ide) As March is Women's History Month in the United States, it’s a fitting time to... Read More
Rules Are for Schmucks: A Review of God’s Bankers
The first 98 percent of Gerald Posner’s God’s Bankers, released last month, makes compelling reading. Then he drops the ball. At bottom, religion is... Read More
I Was a Conscientious Objector: Humanists Recognize 50th Anniversary of U.S. v. Seeger
Many of us humanists deeply question the morality of war. We do so because of the high value we perceive in each human life... Read More