Rituals can relay a powerful connection to cultural vestiges, ancestral memories, and convivial possibilities for living. Their qualities can have a way of preserving or salvaging what is important to know in order to sustain... Read More

I find that people have trouble understanding why some LGBTQ+ people exist the way they do. “The ones that don’t talk about it are fine, but some are just so obsessed with being gay/nonbinary/pan they... Read More

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

At the heart of humanism is a simple idea: help others. Those who take this message to heart work every day to realize a world where all people—regardless of their identity or background—can lift themselves... Read More

Each year, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) publishes an annual report on the state of religious freedom around the world. USCIRF, statutorily-established by the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA), is... Read More

The Supreme Court of the United States had a busy term for 2021, managing to deliver some heavy blows in May and June to abortion access, religious rights, gun laws, and more. One opinion will... Read More

Humanism is a powerful thing. Someone seeking evidence of that basic claim can just look to the work done by humanist organizations all over the country, ranging from efforts by the American Humanist Association (AHA)... Read More