Humanism Goes Global: Humanists International General Assembly 2019

The Humanists International (HI) General Assembly took place in Reykjavik, Iceland, May 31-June 2. Delegates from countries around the world came together to represent their respective humanist organizations, make important decisions regarding the future of... Read More
How (and How Not) to Attend Pride Events as an Ally

For many folks across the United States, this month is synonymous with a celebration of a hard-fought history draped in rainbows. It’s Pride Month! Pride is a celebration of existence as resistance, of people refusing... Read More
Climate Justice: For the People, the Land, the Planet

Last Saturday the American Humanist Association’s Center for Education hosted “Climate Justice: A Better Future for Us All,” the latest in its open lecture series. Held at the First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis, the event... Read More
Jerry Falwell Jr. Supports Autocracy over Democracy

Jerry Falwell Jr., the president of the religious right-aligned Liberty University, has followed in his father’s footsteps by leveraging his considerable flock for his own partisan and personal gain. Falwell Jr. was one of the... Read More
UN Releases Grim Report on Species Extinction The Time to Act on Climate Is Now

The United Nations published a global assessment Monday detailing the impact of humans on the environment over the past five decades, and it’s not looking good. The report, by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity... Read More
The Week in Good News

At a time when Black girls continue to go missing, people are being killed because of their religion, queer kids are dying by bullying-coerced suicides, and Trump wants to charge refugees and migrants a fee... Read More
When Non-Stories Become Stories: A Media-Manufactured Controversy

If you’ve been losing faith in the American press—in the ability of even mainstream journalists to discern the relevant from the irrelevant and to report responsibly on the former—you’ll probably want to avoid op-ed columnist... Read More