Secular Saint: An Interview with National Day of Reason Visibility Coordinator Judy Saint

National Day of Reason, recognized on the first Thursday of May each year to counter the Congressionally-mandated National Day of Prayer, is a project of the American Humanist Association and founded by the Washington Area... Read More
An Atheist in Kuwait: Interview with Ben Baz Aziz and ExZombie Part Two

Click here to read part one of this interview series. Below is Part 2 of “An Atheist in Kuwait.” TheHumanist.com speaks with Ben Baz Aziz, an Egyptian living in Kuwait who was arrested and deported... Read More
An Atheist in Kuwait: Interview with Ben Baz Aziz Part One

Check back next week for the next installment of this two part series. Is freedom of and from religion possible in Kuwait? According to the U.S. State Department, laws in Kuwait severely restrict religious freedom,... Read More
Freedom from Religion in Kazakhstan An Interview with Atheist Blogger Aleksandr Kharlamov

On March 14, 2013, a 63-year-old atheist writer named Aleksandr Kharlamov was arrested in his hometown of Ridder in the east region of Kazakhstan and tried under the country’s Criminal Code Article 164 on charges... Read More
The Humanist Interview with Hemley Gonzalez

Hemley Gonzalez is revolutionizing humanitarian efforts with Responsible Charity, a nonprofit humanist organization he founded in 2009 that is making strides in “education, planned parenthood, and self-employment” in India. In June 2013, after years of... Read More
For Saying It The Humanist Interview with Dan Savage, 2013 Humanist of the Year

Dan Savage gets in trouble for saying things. For saying that monogamy isn’t a requirement for a healthy marriage, that postponing coming out can be the right choice, and that not all gay people are... Read More
Empowering Women in Pakistan: An Interview with Saba Ismail, Aware Girls Executive Director

On July 17, 2013, Saba Ismail, founder of Aware Girls—a non-governmental organization in Pakistan working to empower young women through leadership training—will be receiving the 2013 Democracy Award of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED)... Read More