A Centennial to Reckon With: Honoring Black Suffragists

The first ballots cast by women were lauded as a giant step for womankind. Following the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment on August 18, 1920, women were allowed to do the unfathomable. Not only could... Read More
Social Media Censorship: A Necessary Evil?

On July 28 I shared a post on the Facebook page of the American Humanist Association (AHA) with this caption: “Intentional sharing of potentially harmful misinformation, such as this, should constitute a federal offense that... Read More
How Weird Is Katharine Hayhoe’s Climate Science?

I’ve always been genuinely impressed with Dr. Katharine Hayhoe’s calm and reasoned approach to explaining the science of climate change—or as she calls it, “global weirding.” Weather patterns are indeed getting strange, like a record-setting... Read More
Relax, Studying Theology Doesn’t Make You Religious It may even enhance your humanism

Fall welcomes a new semester at Meadville Lombard Theological School (MLTS), where the American Humanist Association (AHA) Center for Education will be offering two of its four graduate-level courses in humanism. Earlier this month, criticism... Read More
Technology Is a Human Right So let’s make sure everyone can use it

In today’s COVID-19 world, everything is digital. Happy hours are now 5 p.m. Zoom calls, first-time dates are on FaceTime, four-year-olds are learning the ABCs from an iPad. This is an incredibly common topic of... Read More
The Further Erosion of Environmental Protection

“Oh, beautiful for smoggy skies, insecticide grain. For strip-mined mountain’s majesty, above the asphalt plain. America, America, man sheds his waste on thee, and hides the pines with billboard signs, from sea to oily sea.”... Read More
What Would a Humanist Do? Converting Away My Sense of Self

Today we bring you our latest installment of “What Would a Humanist Do?”—offering multiple AHA staff opinions on reader questions. Because while humanists are committed to being good without a god, sometimes they need a little advice on how... Read More