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

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

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

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that ended school-sponsored Bible readings in public schools. Abington School District v. Schempp successfully challenged a Pennsylvania law that required a daily reading... Read More

Greg Lukianoff is the president of FIRE—the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. FIRE is a nonprofit educational foundation that supports free expression, academic freedom, and due process at U.S. colleges and universities. His book,... Read More

Rebecca Hale is the American Humanist Association’s twentieth president, and the fourth woman to hold that position after Suzanne Paul (1992-1993), Bette Chambers (1973-1979), and Vashti McCollum (1962-1965). Hale is the cofounder, along with her... Read More

Along with not-so-loving “love” letters, the AHA recently received a note that simply stated, “This is great. I knew I wasn’t the only one.” The author was anonymous, but the words could easily be said... Read More