Can atheists experience awe and wonder? Of course we can! That’s why humanists are understandably peeved with Oprah Winfrey right now after interviewing famed marathon swimmer Diana Nyad. Clearly identifying herself as an atheist, Nyad... Read More

Recently the Yale Humanist Community applied for recognition from Yale Religious Ministries, a group of religions organizations that serve Yale students and faculty. What do you think? Should a humanist group can be a part... Read More

AHA Communications Associate Brian Magee argues that the Yale Humanist Community should be a part of the university’s ministries group because humanism can be religious without being supernatural. The decision earlier this month by Yale’s... Read More

AHA Executive Assistant Meghan Hamilton makes a case for including the Yale Humanist Community in other types of community groups, just not religious ones. Earlier this month, the Yale Humanist Community’s application for membership in... Read More

Because we here at the American Humanist Association appreciate creativity as much as philosophy, I thought HNN readers would enjoy hearing about The Huffington Post's 2013 Create Your Own Religion Competition. It's simple: name your... Read More

Now that “aging brains” have been much in the media, I am sure that most people understand the adage “use it or lose it.” Without working brains we humans are hulks of protoplasm without purpose... Read More

AHA Legislative Associate Matthew Bulger writes on the history of the real Christopher Columbus: slaver, murderer, and thief. So why does the United States celebrate him with an official holiday? Christopher Columbus is known for... Read More