Don’t Celebrate Columbus. Honor Native People.
Today is Columbus Day, a federally-observed holiday and the day on which Americans celebrate Christopher Columbus’ “discovery” of the new world. Many are reluctant... Read More
The Comics Section: A Religion for Atheists, and Try Not to Think About It
New comics by Jesus and Mo and The Bad Chemicals!
The Ethical Dilemma: Faking Muslim
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
Contest Winner: How Would You Rewrite the Pledge of Allegiance?
Thank you to the over 100 entries for our “How Would You Rewrite the Pledge of Allegiance?” Contest! We read through every email and... Read More
It’s About Choice Activists and leaders gather in Chicago to discuss end-of-life issues
“It’s about choice and I want to have it, exclaimed Carolyn Almen, who was attending the World Federation of Right to Die Societies conference... Read More
Rules Are for Schmucks: It’s Not Okay to Cite the Bible When Talking about Global Warming
Secretary of State John Kerry did a great disservice to the debate over the response to global warming last month by dragging religion into... Read More
The Humanist Hour #119, From the Archives: An Interview with Kurt Vonnegut
Click here to download an audio file of this podcast. In this episode, TheHumanist.com contributor Dan Moran shares his 1992 interview with the late... Read More
Syria, Secularism, and U.S. Policy
In a groundbreaking article, one of our more respected experts on Middle East affairs has proposed that our policy should pivot to outright cooperation... Read More
Atheists and Aliens: Would the Existence of Extraterrestrials Mean the End of Religion?
In A Brief History of Time Professor Stephen Hawking asks, “…if the universe is really completely self-contained, having no boundary or edge, it would... Read More
On the Hill: Four Bills Congress Needs to Pass before the End of 2014
With the 2014 congressional elections fast approaching, Congress is on yet another recess, this one lasting until November 12. In these five weeks Representatives... Read More