Fighting for Mubarak Bala’s Rights
Today is May 12, a full two weeks since Mubarak Bala, president of the Nigerian Humanist Association, was arrested and detained in Kano State in northern Nigeria because he exercised his freedom of expression. For... Read More
What Will Be the Human Cost of Reopening the Economy?
When the first of the COVID-19 shutdown-related protests broke out in Michigan, Virginia, and Minnesota last month, any other president would have urged Americans to comply with the stay-at-home orders instituted by states to flatten... Read More
The Green New Hope
In an effort to stay healthy and quell the spread of COVID-19, many people have wisely stayed at home and limited in-person interactions. One of the unintended impacts of these precautions has been a reduction... Read More
Climate Change Brought Us the Coronavirus, Climate Action Can Save Us
In the midst of this international public health crisis we should treat the novel coronavirus as a loud wake-up call for us to rethink our priorities—for the sake of public health and to protect our... Read More
Nonedecision 2020: 5 Reasons Secular Americans are Poised to become Major Force in US Politics
One of the demographic aspects of the nones (Americans who answer “atheist,” “agnostic,” or “nothing in particular” when asked their religious affiliation) that’s been well covered in the media is how the group’s growth is... Read More
What Would a Humanist Do? Helping Those Who’ve Lost Income
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
COVID Quackery, Faith, and Race
"I'm a Christian and there is a way that the Bible says to protect us from plagues." This robust declaration was made by one Prophet Climate Wiseman of South London’s Kingdom Church in defense of... Read More