Enough Talk – A Call to Humanist Action
The American Humanist Association has been devoted to applying critical inquiry and social concern to everyday human activity and to our society for seventy-five years. In 1933, the first Humanist Manifesto was crafted to communicate... Read More
An Australian Rodent Has Gone Extinct Due to Climate Change. Are Humans Next?
If you Google Image search the Bramble Cay melomys, the results will show a rather unremarkable looking rat. With its large, black, shiny eyes and little pointed nose with long whiskers, it seems cute, though... Read More
What’s Honorable? A queer ex-Muslim on what plagues Afghan and Muslim communities in the diaspora
My father was a close friend to the uncle of the Orlando mass-murderer, Omar Mateen. My father has nothing but good things to say about his friend and his friend’s wife and his children. They... Read More
Humanly Possible: The Urgent Need to Increase Organ Donation Rates
Read Matthew Bulger's rebuttal arguing in favor of using animals for human organ donation here. There is no doubt—organ transplants save lives. In 2015 doctors in the US performed 30,000 transplants using organs from 14,500... Read More
Opposing New Methods to Fill the Organ Donor Gap is Pigheaded
Read Meredith Thompson's rebuttal arguing against using animals for human organ donation here. For those who have a family member or friend on a waiting list for a much-needed organ such as a kidney or... Read More
Don’t Pray for America, Demand Policy Change to Protect Her Citizens
Sunday saw yet another act of mass violence in the name of hate—this time directed at LGBTQ Americans and ranked as the worst mass shooting in US history. Yet another tragic occasion that some gun... Read More
Dr. Anthony Pinn Speaks on Humanism, Diversity, and Unity at Reason Rally 2016
Below are remarks delivered by American Humanist Association board member and Rice University professor Dr. Anthony Pinn on the main stage at Reason Rally 2016 on June 4. Dr. Pinn served as the official spokesperson... Read More