Some States Work to Protect Choice, Others to Take It Away
On Friday Donald Trump became the first sitting president to speak in person at the March for Life, the nation’s largest anti-abortion rally. Addressing a supportive crowd, the president listed a number of conservative achievements... Read More
What Would a Humanist Do? Filling in the Blanks on a Fiancé’s Troubling Request
Today we bring you our latest installment of “What Would a Humanist Do?”—offering multiple AHA staff opinions on the same question. As with our long-running “Humanist Dilemma” column by Joan Reisman-Brill, readers often ask what... Read More
Hey, Betsy, Leave Them Kids Alone
If you’re an avid Simpsons fan like me, you’ll recall the time Ned Flanders, the religious “neighboroni” to the Simpson family, becomes the principal of the elementary school. Flanders leads the school in a simple... Read More
What Martin Luther King Jr. Taught Me
As we get closer to Black History Month I often find myself looking for information beyond what I like to call “Commercial Black History.” What do I mean by this? Well, it’s the histories trotted... Read More
Humanist Women on Why We March
The fourth annual Women’s March is planned for Saturday, January 18, 2020, both in Washington, DC, and in cities around the world. We reported on the historic inaugural Women’s March in 2017 and explained last... Read More
Orange Is the New Green Trump Administration Wants to Roll Back Environmental Regulations
The beginning of 2020 saw the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). NEPA was created to ensure that federal agencies assess the long-term environmental impact of major infrastructure projects... Read More
Iran’s 24 World Heritage Sites Are Safe. Learn More about Five of Them.
The past few days may be remembered by historians and Americans in general as the most turbulent period of Donald Trump’s presidency. Facing an impending impeachment trial in the Senate—the process of which Democrats continue... Read More