After an incredibly successful virtual lobby day last summer, the American Humanist Association has partnered with American Atheists to co-host our 2022 Virtual Lobby Day. Together, we are doubling the size of the event so... Read More

It’s well documented and very well understood that no species can remain biologically or socially successful if it goes extinct. This seems obvious, at least to me anyway; the only way an organism survives is... Read More

On May 6, 1863, an American abolitionist mounted the platform at South Place Chapel, Finsbury, a London venue long home to religious dissenters and political radicals. Over the following months, he—then still a Unitarian clergyman—would... Read More

This month, the legal team at the American Humanist Association (AHA) is hard at work prepping for upcoming oral arguments at the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, for an incredibly important separation of church and... Read More

In February, the American Humanist Association (AHA) joined nearly 400 national, international, state, and local organizations in a letter urging leadership in the House of Representatives to bring HR 40 to a full vote on... Read More

In honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, we are re-posting this profile from 2019. We have made minor updates. “In the name of morality and religion, these extremists have taken it upon... Read More

As the House panel investigating the January 6th attack on the Capitol continues its work and the first actual trial of one of the participants begins, theHumanist.com is reprinting this personal reflection on the events... Read More