As the American Humanist Association has switched to near-total telework (big shout-out to staff who have been handling mail!), we AHA staffers have been checking in with each other in various ways. Here we share... Read More

President Trump’s promotion of the anti-malarial drug chloroquine as a possible treatment for COVID-19 had dire consequences on Monday when an Arizona man died after ingesting it. He and his wife took a form of... Read More

When Time magazine debuted its “100 Women of the Year” project for Women’s History Month, it came as a surprise to some that the magazine had only switched in 1999 to selecting and featuring a... Read More

My father, Mel Lipman, died one year ago today on his own terms. He signed himself into hospice, stopped artificial nutrition, and died peacefully with the aid of pain-killing medication. As a humanist, I appreciate... Read More

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

Humanists should be alarmed by the extreme violence directed at Muslims in India. Despite President Trump’s praise, during his state visit to the country in late February, of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “working... Read More

In times of national emergency, it is imperative that leaders act intelligently and decisively to solve the problems the country faces. Yet the way our current administration is handling the outbreak of COVID-19, or coronavirus,... Read More