“I Stand for Freedom for All”
This text is excerpted from the remarks of Commissioner Mohamed Magid of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom made at the launch event for the 2023 Freedom of Thought Report from Humanists International. The... Read More
The Flame of Freethought Burns Brightly
This text is exerpted from Gary McLelland’s remarks at the launch event for the 2023 Freedom of Thought Report from Humanists International. The event was held on Capitol Hill in December 2023 and hosted by... Read More
Truth, Reason, and Progress
This text is exerpted from Lily Bolourian’s remarks at the launch event for the 2023 Freedom of Thought Report from Humanists International. The event was held on Capitol Hill in December 2023 and hosted by... Read More
The Story of the Universe: We are Made of Star Stuff
IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, you’ve been hearing it for years but haven’t known what to do with it: the idea that we’re made of stardust—“star stuff,” as Carl Sagan described it. There’s no doubting the... Read More
The Dangers of Artificial Intelligence From Misinformation to Autonomous Weapons
Editor’s note: OpenAI’s now famous ChatGPT bot was used by the Humanist to generate this article as an experiment to discover what today’s AI knows and will tell about the dangers posed by AI technology.... Read More
The Hidden Agenda of the “Parental Rights” in Education Movement
Legislators across the United States are introducing bills to expand parents’ rights in schools, but is it really about parental empowerment, or is it an attempt to control our classrooms and kids? “PARENTS' RIGHTS have... Read More
The Fragility of Truth in the Existential Crisis
Dr. Michael E. Mann is Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania, with a secondary appointment in the Annenberg School for Communication. He is director of... Read More