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
San Diegans March Against Hate

On that cold November evening, just a day after the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs, I stood before hundreds assembled in San Diego, and emceed an anti-hate rally. “I’m done. I’m just done with... Read More
Journeys to Humanism: Building a Humanist Outlook

Journeys to Humanism, theHumanist.com’s regular series, features real stories from humanists in our community. From heartwarming narratives of growth, to more difficult journeys, our readers open up about their experiences coming to humanism. Choice Edwards... Read More
Is Language Helping Us Reach Our Goals as Humanists?

R.E. Frank submitted this article through the Call for Voices program. This time last year, I was eating ice cream for every meal, and had been for some months. I was living with someone who... Read More
Humanists Mark Transgender Awareness Week

Transgender Awareness Week, November 13th – November 19th, serves as an opportunity to both elevate positive awareness of and bring attention to the issues facing the transgender community. The week ends on November 20th with... Read More
Letter in a Bottle

As we close in on 2023, I look past my personal horizon and see events and circumstances in three main categories. I am either intrigued, or frightened, or elated by the state of my life... Read More
Saving Higher Ed from Ultra-Right Koch Network Influence

Most people know Charles Koch and his late brother David as libertarian billionaires. Less well known is that both of these men have invested millions of dollars in a strategy spanning several decades that’s completely... Read More