Inspiration during a Quarantine

As the American Humanist Association has switched to near-total telework (big shout-out to staff who have been handling mail!), AHA staffers have been checking in with each other in various ways. Here we share stories... Read More
Why Read?

BOOK READERS must seem all the same to non-book readers. Just another hobby group, like soccer fans or bridge players. I experienced this prejudice firsthand a few years ago. A friend of mine and his... Read More
Philosophy in a Time of Pandemic

IN JANUARY Vintage Books published How to Live a Good Life: A Guide to Choosing Your Own Personal Philosophy, edited by Massimo Pigliucci, Skye C. Cleary, and Daniel A. Kaufman. In the vein of Socrates... Read More
Let’s Be Blunt: Cannabis Research Isn’t Where It Should Be

ACCORDING TO HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS and archeologists, cannabis has been used as medicine in China for over 5,000 years. Currently, thirty-three US states and the District of Columbia have legalized cannabis for medical use, and eleven... Read More
The New “Roaring” Twenties

WELCOME TO THE NEW ROARING TWENTIES. The “roar” heard at the dawn of these 2020s isn’t the boisterousness and glitz for which last century’s twenties are remembered but rather the sound of the monstrous fires... Read More
I Testify: Congress Must Push for the Repeal of Blasphemy Laws Abroad

On January 28, 2020, the testimony of Rafida Bonya Ahmed, a humanist activist and author, was presented before the United States House of Representatives in a joint hearing on “Ending Global Religious Persecution.” For the... Read More
American Jurisprudence on Trial

If Religious Preference Is a Violation of the Constitution, What Are Humanists Doing about It? “DOES IT VIOLATE the Religion Clauses or Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution to invalidate a generally available... Read More