Upgrading our Humanism: Building a Lifestyle of Embodied Values

This article is adapted from a session presented at the 81st Annual Conference of the American Humanist Association in July 2022. One evening nearly a decade ago, I found myself with friends in a Chicago... Read More
Coloring Outside the Lines: Black Women and Queer Femmes Building Humanist Community

This article is adapted from a panel discussion hosted at the 81st Annual Conference of the American Humanist Association in July 2022. Leika Lewis-Cornwell, president of Unitarian Universalist Humanist Association, moderated a panel discussion about... Read More
Representation Matters: Political Participation and Empowerment

This article is adapted from a panel discussion hosted at the 81st Annual Conference of the American Humanist Association in July 2022. Ron Millar, Political and PAC Coordinator at the Center for Freethought Equality (an... Read More
Humanist Chaplaincies: Creating a Space for Students

This article is adapted from a session presented at the 81st Annual Conference of the American Humanist Association in July 2022. My goal is to present a roadmap to explore what humanist chaplaincy means in... Read More
Everyday Humanist Hero: Aleta Ledendecker

TheHumanist.com’s series Everyday Humanist Heroes celebrates our movement’s group organizers, activists, support staff, and volunteers making a difference in their communities. Who do you want to celebrate? Aleta Ledendecker and I met in March 2018, when... Read More
Journeys to Humanism: Becoming an Arab Humanist

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. Nohad Nassif... Read More
Vonnegut and Jefferson and Jesus

WE ARE NEARING another Indendence Day, for which much of the credit goes to Thomas Jefferson, a progenitor of modern American democracy. A bit farther away is another occasion worth noting. This November 11 marks... Read More