Humanist Grief and Mourning

A person’s death is hard to process, whether someone close to you, a public figure you’ve admired for a long time, or a victim of violence that you just heard about. There is no right... Read More
Staff Picks: Sensing the Moment

We’re now six months into so-called COVID life. Some are working from home and others in frontline jobs. Some with kids doing remote learning or some form of in-person school and others largely in isolation.... Read More
“Just You Watch”— Climate Change Will Intensify

At least thirty-five people are dead from the wildfires ravishing the West Coast. So far, hundreds of thousands have been forced to evacuate their homes as the smoke and flames draw near. Parts of Oregon... Read More
2020 Harvard Humanist of the Year Award

The American Humanist Association (AHA) is honored to partner with the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard, one of our chapters, in presenting HCH’s 2020 Humanist of the Year Award to three extraordinarily dedicated social justice leaders:... Read More
What Would a Humanist Do? Navigating the Language of Grief

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
Trolling and Controlling: Harming Trans Athletes Is Not a Humanist Sport

A few weeks ago this story was shared on the Facebook page of the American Humanist Association (AHA) to celebrate a preliminary injunction by a federal judge against Idaho’s backwards Fairness in Women’s Sports Act.... Read More
Through Rain, Sleet, Hail, and the November Elections?

Election years always bring a whirlwind of news, debate, and weeding out truth from falsehood. This election year voters are even more bombarded as they deal with the reevaluation of race in America and how... Read More