“I just want young Pacific Islanders to see that there is no limit to what we can accomplish. I want them to see themselves in me. We can do anything!” At only twenty-nine years old,... Read More

Journeys to Humanism, theHumanist.com’s regular series, features real stories from humanists in our community. From heartwarming narratives of growth, to more difficult journeys, our readers open up about their experiences coming to humanism. Gwendolyn Rose... Read More

FOR FOUR THURSDAYS in 2021—January 14, 21, 28, and February 4—the American Humanist Association’s Humanist Environmental Response Effort (HERE) for Climate hosted speakers and panelists online to continue the conversation started in the May 2019... Read More

AS HUMANISTS, working together for positive change and human progress is a core expression of our values. We are not alone. Throughout the United States, millions of people share in the desire to improve our... Read More

The following is an excerpt from Justice-Centered Humanism, a new book by Roy Speckhardt that will be published by Pitchstone Press later this year. It is currently available for order on Amazon. Introduction Tuesday evening,... Read More

WHILE THE LIFE of an activist can be meaningful, it also has many challenges. We often witness, directly or indirectly, the realities of human rights violations, the complexities of bureaucracy, and the absolute indifference (or... Read More

CARL SAGAN FIRST ENTERED KURT VONNEGUT'S ORBIT IN 1966. The satirist was working at the time as a creative writing professor at the University of Iowa Writer’s Workshop and the heavy teaching load was taking... Read More