Most of us don’t like to ponder our own death or the nothingness of nonexistence, but for those who’ve already gotten past the question of what happens after we die, Jae Rhim Lee and Mike... Read More

On February 10, Wheaton College officials and Wheaton Professor Larycia Hawkins gave a press conference in which they announced they had mutually agreed to part ways. “Publicly the school and Dr. Hawkins say they are... Read More

This is an article published under the Center for Freethought Equality, the 501c4 lobbying organization of the American Humanist Association. I know that Iowa is technically the first state to decide which presidential candidates will... Read More

As the world celebrates another Darwin Day, much of humanity still refuses to accept evolution. Creationists pretend that their argument is with science. Their posts are littered with gems of motivated reasoning such as this:... Read More

As the American Humanist Association’s legislative associate and lobbyist, I spend my time presenting the humanist community’s opinion to Congress on a wide array of legislative issues. While many of the bills I deal with... Read More

Last week Senior Editor Maggie Ardiente wrote about the increasing number of Americans who call themselves “spiritual” but consider themselves religiously unaffiliated. What does this mean for the humanist movement? Is “spiritual” an appropriate word... Read More

This past Tuesday, Silicon Valley resident, journalist, and author of Age of Optimists: A Quantitative Glimpse of How Silicon Valley Will Transform Political Power and Everyday Life (available in full here) Greg Ferenstein sat down... Read More