Secular Voices Meet with Congress for Secular Coalition for America’s Lobby Day
This Atheist Day (March 23rd of each year) atheists, agnostics, freethinkers, humanists, and more geared up to speak with their Senators and Representatives as constituents concerned about recent ethics scandals and passionate for court reform.... Read More
FIRST PERSON | The Burden of Our Inheritances
Even when we are surrounded by people who are outwardly similar to us–similar points of view, similar bodies, similar gender expressions, similar skin tones–the human mind will still find ways to look for differences. To... Read More
HUMANIST VIEW | Celebrating the Mind, not the Myth, of Galileo
Next week, on February 15th we celebrate the birthday of Galileo Galilei, the 17th-century Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, and polymath widely regarded as the father of modern science. Incidentally, 2023 marks the 400-year publication anniversary... Read More
HERB’S CORNER | Religion in Foreign Policy
Problems usually arise when a country applies religion to its foreign policy. United States foreign policy should always be secular. At the same time, we should learn about the religious and cultural beliefs of people... Read More
EVERYDAY HUMANIST HERO | Art Jackson
TheHumanist.com’s series Everyday Humanist Heroes celebrates our movement’s group organizers, activists, support staff, and volunteers making a difference in their communities. Who do you want to celebrate? When it comes to humanist group organizing toward making a difference,... Read More
Support the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act
Earlier this year, Congressman Hank Johnson (a Congressional Freethought Caucus member) and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse reintroduced the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act (SCERT) into the 118th Congress. Last year during the 117th Congress,... Read More
Celebrate Sunshine Week Year-Round
Sunshine Week is an annual initiative in the second week of March, promoting open, transparent government and celebrating our right to government information in the United States. Launched in 2005 by the News Leaders Association,... Read More
