Achieving the Impossible
British psychologist, speaker, and author Richard Wiseman is known around the world for his innovative research into the psychology of luck, self-help, persuasion, and illusion. Wiseman started out as a magician, performing street shows around... Read More
Secular Students Are Leading the Way
IN MY CAPACITY as the national organizing manager for the Secular Student Alliance, I’ve had the opportunity to meet thousands of students across the country who eschew religious belief or a religious identity but who... Read More
Living Humanist Values: The Ten Commitments
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF HUMANISM? How does one live as a humanist? Like many of you, I have read a plethora of articles and longer works defining humanism. Each proclaims a different emphasis highlighting... Read More
Life and Why It Must Continue
AS YOU LIE UNDER A SPRAWLING OAK, admiring the play of sun and shade, it’s easy to fall for the illusion that all is well with the beautiful earth. But your reverie is shattered. The... Read More
Of Gods & Bosses Has Capitalism Become a Religion?
RELIGIOUS FEELING has always been a catalyst for both extreme resistance and extreme acquiescence to power. As Frederick Douglass wrote in his 1845 memoir, “The slave auctioneer’s bell and the church-going bell chime in with... Read More
Living to Live: Rethinking Work & Idleness
IN THE SUMMER OF 2014, following the completion of a bachelor’s degree in history and then a traumatic and exhausting stint working for the British Labour party in Birmingham, I moved to London. I moved... Read More
Climate Justice: The Minnesota Model for Building a Better Future for Us All
ON MAY 18, 2019, the American Humanist Association’s Center for Education hosted the latest in its open lecture series, “Climate Justice: A Better Future for Us All.” Held at the First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis,... Read More