Essential Humanism: Profiles of Courage in a Pandemic Part III: Jason Newman

Tell us about your job. What are some of the ways it’s changed during the pandemic? I am the chief executive officer of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Muncie in Muncie, Indiana. I am... Read More
Essential Humanism: Profiles of Courage in a Pandemic Part II: Tris Mamone

Tell us about your job. What are some of the ways it’s changed during the pandemic? I recently started working part-time a few days a week at a grocery store. My main duties include: disinfecting... Read More
Essential Humanism: Profiles of Courage in a Pandemic Part I: Amanda Joy Johnson, FNP

Tell us about your job. What are some of the ways it’s changed during the pandemic? I’m a nurse practitioner providing primary care at a community clinic in Anacostia, in Southeast Washington, DC. We are... Read More
In Memoriam: Edd Doerr

Longtime humanist activist Edd Doerr passed away on February 6, 2020. He was eighty-nine years old. Born into a working-class Catholic family in the 1930s Midwest, Doerr was the oldest of four children. At sixteen,... Read More
Humanist Women in History: Vashti McCollum

"As long as the public school is used to recruit the child or to segregate the children according to religion or to use the truancy power of the public schools to make them go to... Read More
Humanist Women in History: Marjory Stoneman Douglas

"I believe that life should be lived so vividly and so intensely that thoughts of another life, or of a longer life, are not necessary." —from Marjory Stoneman Douglas: Voice of the River (1987) ... Read More
The Life and Times of Butterfly McQueen

“As my ancestors are free from slavery, I am free from the slavery of religion.” –Butterfly McQueen, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 8, 1989 Butterfly McQueen was born Thelma MacQueen in Tampa, Florida, in January 1911. Her... Read More