Women within the movement come to mind when I consider everyday humanist heroes, or, I might say, heroines. For Women’s History Month, I want to celebrate the women whose care, concern, and tireless efforts have... Read More

This month, the American Humanist Association (AHA) is celebrating Women’s History Month through the lens of “Atheist World Builders, Women, and Matrilineal Legacy” by uplifting the stories of humanist and atheist women who’ve made a... Read More

This article is part of series about the Ten Commitments to commemorate the 5th Anniversary of the American Humanist Association’s Center for Education. Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of others,... Read More

This is the second in a series of articles this month about alcohol and addiction that are part of the American Humanist Association’s Dry January Challenge. I used to think I had no connection to... Read More

Sixteen months ago, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the southern arm of Haiti, decimating the region. Hospitals lay in ruins, unable to treat the 12,000+ people injured in the quake. Hundreds of thousands were left... Read More

Like Blades of the Grass The contemporary American poet Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer wrote: And if it’s true we are alone, we are alone together, the way blades of grass are alone, but exist as a field. (“Belonging”)... Read More

Humanism is a powerful thing. Someone seeking evidence of that basic claim can just look to the work done by humanist organizations all over the country, ranging from efforts by the American Humanist Association (AHA)... Read More