The Future of Civic Power How Humanists Can Reimagine Democracy
At this moment in history, we have a clear challenge and opportunity. There is the long-term challenge of educating for expansive civic engagement, and there is the immediate challenge of responding to growing attacks on... Read More
Artificial Intelligence, Totalitarianism, and the Future of Cognitive Liberty
Abstract: The article offers a meditation on AI’s emerging ability to decode human emotions. When the author discovers a childhood photo from her time in a Polish hospital during the communist era, she engages an AI... Read More
Of Dying
Content warning: This article includes specific details about an act of suicide that may be difficult for some readers. For L.E. Would that we were still riding across the Plains of Abraham For the last... Read More
Curing Loneliness: How Humanism Can Bring Us Closer Together
Fish Stark is the Executive Director of the American Humanist Association. This article is adapted from his remarks at the First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis. “The most daring thing is to create stable communities in... Read More
Excerpted from Contemporary Humanistic Judaism: Beliefs, Values, Practices
Reprinted with permission from The Jewish Publication Society (pp. 3-9) Copyright 2025 THROUGHOUT JEWISH HISTORY, many Jews have questioned specific Jewish religious beliefs. In the nineteenth century, thousands of Jews became more secularized through the... Read More
Hearing the Voices of People on the Ground
Amy Goodman received the Humanist of the Year Award at the American Humanist Association’s 83rd Annual Conference, held virtually in September 2024. The award recognizes a person of national and international reputation who, through the... Read More
AI is Already Everywhere
Karen Hao received the Humanist Media Award at the American Humanist Association’s 83rd Annual Conference, held virtually in September 2024. Hao is an award-winning journalist covering artificial intelligence. She was the first journalist to ever... Read More
