This is the second appearance of a new semi-regular column, “It Happens Here,” challenging humanists to reflect on adversity and trauma in our own community, and advocate for positive change. Walking into a humanist space shouldn’t... Read More

On Friday, the US Supreme Court announced that it would hear arguments from the American Humanist Association regarding the unconstitutionality of a forty-foot-tall Christian cross maintained on public land in Bladensburg, Maryland. This towering cross,... Read More

On the evening of Saturday, October 20, dozens of people, mainly women, gathered in the back room of an occult bookstore in Brooklyn. Reporters and videographers looked on as a group of witches lit candles,... Read More

Months before Robert Bowers gunned down eleven Jewish congregants at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he posted anti-Semitic, hate-filled vitriol on the social media platform Gab, which bills itself as “the free... Read More

In the summer of 2015 I had the profoundly life-changing experience of participating in Burning Man, a weeklong, transformative cultural event set in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. Burning Man is best characterized by... Read More

Q: Years ago, I was very active in a local humanist organization. Now my wife and I are retired and give away all our money we don’t need for ourselves. We find as things get... Read More

In recent years, the word “socialism” has been thrown around in the echo chambers of conservative media to disparage certain politicians but is more recently being employed by a variety of political candidates to describe... Read More