THE FIRE Patricia vividly remembered, even after twenty years, the potentially  deadly situation she was in. What should have been a terrifying near death experience actually turned out to be, she believed, supernatural  and profoundly... Read More

Humanists love reason. We trust science to tell us what is true about the world. This works beautifully to understand the objective world around us, but science can’t answer moral questions or weigh competing values.... Read More

During the six years my daughter Johanna struggled with and finally succumbed to stage 4 rhabdomyosarcoma, a soft tissue cancer, I spent countless hours, including well over 100 overnight stays at the hospital by her... Read More

“Being Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History” Book by Andrew Burstein New York: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2026 480 pages, $33.00 Over a long life encompassed by countless books while a student, professor or a researcher, it is... Read More

Elizabeth Hegwood is the president of Gulf Coast Humanists and won the AHA’s Emerging Volunteer of the Year award in 2025. She rebooted her Biloxi, Mississippi humanist community incredibly quickly and has since created a... Read More

One benefit of hosting the World Cup has been the unexpected connections between visiting fans and host cities. Nowhere was this connection more notable than in the whimsical bond formed between Bostonians and the Scottish... Read More

Learn more about the AHA’s summer policy intern! What drew you to humanism? Freya Matheson, Policy Intern: When I was a sophomore in high school, I read "Cat’s Cradle" by Kurt Vonnegut - and was... Read More