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When Dark Matter Goes Dark: New Research Suggests There May Be More than One Way to Form a Galaxy

by Meredith Thompson • 6 April 2018

There’s a lot of mystery surrounding the theory of dark matter. Although it’s thought to make up 27 percent of the universe, it is extremely difficult to detect as its presence is implied through gravitational... Read More

“Like a Wildfire”: Red-State Teacher Strikes Spread

by Nicole Carr • 4 April 2018

The red states (those where the majority support and vote for the Republican Party) have a growing teacher rebellion on their hands. It started last month in West Virginia when 34,000 teachers left their classrooms... Read More

The Dangers of Patriotism: Remembering Robert Prager

by David Mountain • 4 April 2018

The love affair between patriotism and the military was always going to be unavoidable in 2018. As we approach the centenary of the 1918 armistice, countries around the world will soon be commemorating the end... Read More

Kentucky’s Day of Prayer: Another Version of Thoughts and Prayers Instead of Gun Control?

by Amy Couch • 3 April 2018

When more than a million people marched across our nation on March 24 with the message that thoughts and prayers were not enough, one would think that collective voice could be heard even in Kentucky.... Read More

Young Activists Inspire All Ages at DC March for Our Lives

by Emily Newman • 26 March 2018

Photos by AHA Staff “Welcome to the revolution!” announced Cameron Kasky, one of the survivors of the Parkland shooting and the opening speaker at the March 24th March for Our Lives rally in Washington, DC.... Read More

Unsanitized Buddhism and Humanitarian Crises

by Fred Edwords, 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award • 21 March 2018

For decades many humanists have felt a special kinship with the religion of Buddhism. Humanist Paul Chiariello sums it up most emphatically on his blog, Applied Sentience: Buddhism and Humanism are two geographical sides of... Read More

God Doesn’t Give Us More Than We Can Handle Because God Doesn’t Give Us Anything

by Rebecca Benson-Bates • 21 March 2018

On this day, March 21st, known as Down Syndrome Awareness Day (3/21 = 3 copies of the 21st chromosome…get it?), social media is lighting up with awareness campaigns and blog posts, mismatched socks (still trying... Read More

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