The Story of the Universe: We are Made of Star Stuff
IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, you’ve been hearing it for years but haven’t known what to do with it: the idea that we’re made of stardust—“star stuff,” as Carl Sagan described it. There’s no doubting the... Read More
The Dangers of Artificial Intelligence From Misinformation to Autonomous Weapons
Editor’s note: OpenAI’s now famous ChatGPT bot was used by the Humanist to generate this article as an experiment to discover what today’s AI knows and will tell about the dangers posed by AI technology.... Read More
The Hidden Agenda of the “Parental Rights” in Education Movement
Legislators across the United States are introducing bills to expand parents’ rights in schools, but is it really about parental empowerment, or is it an attempt to control our classrooms and kids? “PARENTS' RIGHTS have... Read More
The Fragility of Truth in the Existential Crisis
Dr. Michael E. Mann is Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania, with a secondary appointment in the Annenberg School for Communication. He is director of... Read More
The Common Heritage of Humanity
Dr. Stephon Alexander is a Professor of Physics at Brown University and former President of the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP). He had previous appointments at Stanford University, Imperial College, Penn State, Dartmouth College,... Read More
Acceptance and Calling In
Dr. David Breeden received the American Humanist Association’s Humanist Distinguished Service Award at the 82nd Annual Conference in Denver, CO in May. He is Senior Minister at First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis (FUS). As a... Read More
Invisible No Longer Politically Empowering the Humanist and Atheist Communities
A discussion with: Lily Bolourian, AHA Legal and Policy Director; Sarah Levin, founder of Secular Strategies; and Ron Millar, Political and PAC Coordinator at the Center for Freethought Equality This text is excerpted from a... Read More