Clearing the Way for White Christian Nationalists
President Trump has a keen eye for seizing the moment. Last Monday, in the midst of a social crisis stemming from the police murder of George Floyd and 400 years of systemic racism, Trump stood... Read More
Distant but Together: A Virtual Celebration of Humanism
The American Humanist Association (AHA) will host a day-long virtual conference, Distant but Together: A Virtual Celebration of Humanism, on Saturday, August 8 from 11am – 6:30pm (ET). The free event will bring together exciting... Read More
What Would a Humanist Do? Partying Like It’s 2019
Today we bring you our latest installment of “What Would a Humanist Do?”—offering multiple AHA staff opinions on the same question. As with our long-running “Humanist Dilemma” column by Joan Reisman-Brill, readers often ask what... Read More
Rights vs. Responsibility
“We’re risking our lives to go to church,” stated the lawyer for a group of Oregon churches suing for the right to resume gathering as normal as the coronavirus pandemic continues. “If we survive, great.... Read More
How We Eat: Meat Shortages May Reshape Diets
COVID-19 seems to be changing how we eat. As anyone who’s gone shopping in the last few weeks can tell you, meat is becoming a rarity. Fast food chain Wendy’s has limited menus to chicken-only... Read More
Fighting for Mubarak Bala’s Rights
Today is May 12, a full two weeks since Mubarak Bala, president of the Nigerian Humanist Association, was arrested and detained in Kano State in northern Nigeria because he exercised his freedom of expression. For... Read More
What Will Be the Human Cost of Reopening the Economy?
When the first of the COVID-19 shutdown-related protests broke out in Michigan, Virginia, and Minnesota last month, any other president would have urged Americans to comply with the stay-at-home orders instituted by states to flatten... Read More
