Youth Deserve Safe, Inclusive Schools

Making investments in child safety, education, and mental well-being in a way that is based on science and reason has long been understood as a priority for humanists. Historically, the American Humanist Association (AHA) has... Read More
GO Humanity: Creating the Infrastructure for Human Responsibility

At its core, humanism is a philosophy of human responsibility. Humanists understand that humanity is just a tiny blip of precious life in an incomprehensibly large universe that is indifferent to our survival. If we... Read More
The Abortion Debate Isn’t About Life; It’s About Control

If you were in the lobby of a certain Midwest university’s student center on a cold evening in January 2005, waiting for the bus to take you downtown, you would see a wide-eyed eighteen-year-old standing... Read More
What Would a Humanist Do? Tough and Necessary Conversations

When you are a humanist from a religious family, the issue of abortion rights and reproductive healthcare can be a deeply divisive one. In today’s What Would a Humanist Do? column, an American Humanist Association... Read More
Performing a Wiccan Wedding: A Change in Perspective

This article is reprinted from the blog Deep Calls I stopped in a church parking lot and got off the motorcycle to stretch my legs and get my bearings. A car pulled up beside me... Read More
On the Trail of Humanism’s Hidden Women

Women’s History Month provides an opportunity to excavate the stories of some pioneering humanist women who paved the way for those to come, fighting for a vast range of causes with ethics rooted in rationalism... Read More
Making New Black History and Elevating Humanism in Racial Justice

This article is the third in a series marking Black History Month that will include profiles of current and historical Black humanists and explorations of relevant issues. For Black History Month in 2012, African Americans... Read More