Florida Invocation Policies Should Be All or None

Unlike a traditional prayer, a humanist invocation does not call upon a supernatural entity as a guide. Instead, it motivates us to guide ourselves and others to live good lives in service to the general... Read More
Taking Action: A 2021 Legislative Wrap-Up

Congress is making its last concentrated effort to fund the government, raise the debt ceiling, deliver the Defense Authorization Act, and pass voting rights and the Build Back Better Act before they break for holidays.... Read More
Growing into a Latina Atheist with Little Representation

I am a Mexican American woman with a wide array of interests. As I've gotten older, my tastes in food, music, and television have changed. I am happy to say that I defy the stereotypes.... Read More
Election Results Demonstrate Need for Atheist and Humanist Community to Do More for 2022

If you are like me, you saw the Republican sweep of statewide seats in Virginia and the very close governor’s race in New Jersey as a demonstration of the dangerous appeal to voters of Donald... Read More
Forcing Students to Love America is Unpatriotic

In a July 2018 article on patriotism, I wrote that “it’s difficult to sustain love for your country when you don’t feel loved by it or love its treatment of others.” However, U.S. Sen. Josh... Read More
What Would a Humanist Do? Accommodating Immunocompromised Family

Today we bring you our latest installment of “What Would a Humanist Do?”—offering multiple AHA staff opinions on reader questions. Because while humanists are committed to being good without a god, sometimes they need a little advice on how... Read More
Haiti’s Revolution and What It Teaches Us

One of the unfortunate realities of American education is that an already brief history of Black people in the United States is taught nearly entirely without regard or recognition to the broader African diaspora concerning... Read More