Black Futures, Diasporic Solidarity
The communications team at the American Humanist Association has adopted a 2023 strategic content calendar to refresh and invigorate collective conversations on topics not typically seen as “humanist issues.” February’s theme is “Black Futures, and... Read More
Dry January—Why?
This is the third in a series of articles this month about alcohol and addiction that are part of the American Humanist Association’s Dry January Challenge. New Year's resolutions have been a thing as far... Read More
Someone Like Me
This is the second in a series of articles this month about alcohol and addiction that are part of the American Humanist Association’s Dry January Challenge. I used to think I had no connection to... Read More
The Fight to Liberate Abortion Access
January 22nd marks what would have been the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision being in effect. For nearly half a century, women and people who can become pregnant relied on... Read More
Take Action for Religious Freedom Day: Opposing the National Prayer Breakfast
On Monday, January 16th, Humanists will celebrate National Religious Freedom Day. According to BlitzWatch, “Congress designated January 16th as Religious Freedom Day to celebrate the enactment in 1786 of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom,... Read More
The Humanist Past and Future of the Republic of Haiti
Sixteen months ago, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the southern arm of Haiti, decimating the region. Hospitals lay in ruins, unable to treat the 12,000+ people injured in the quake. Hundreds of thousands were left... Read More
COMMENTARY | The Challenge of Community: On Being Alone and Being Together
Like Blades of the Grass The contemporary American poet Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer wrote: And if it’s true we are alone, we are alone together, the way blades of grass are alone, but exist as a field. (“Belonging”)... Read More