Please welcome the new staff attorney of the American Humanist Association’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center, Colin McNamara! TheHumanist.com: What is your educational and work background? I got my bachelor’s degree from SUNY Oswego, double-majoring in... Read More

Over the Labor Day weekend, the Central Colorado Humanists (CCH)—the Salida, Colorado, chapter of the American Humanist Association—transformed their unwanted stuff into academic opportunity by hosting a yard sale to support the group’s scholarship program.... Read More

The pressure for Democratic presidential candidates to address the climate crisis—which resulted in CNN’s marathon seven-hour town hall last week—is an indication of how urgently many people care about addressing the problem. Humanists are no... Read More

Please welcome the American Humanist Association’s new Social Media and Editorial Assistant, Richard Akuson! TheHumanist.com: What is your educational and work background? I hold a bachelor of laws (BL) from the Nigerian Law School, Lagos,... Read More

Please welcome the Appignani Humanist Legal Center’s new legal intern, Nicholas Copley! TheHumanist.com: What is your educational and work background? In 2012 I graduated from Indiana University with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. After... Read More

One month from today, the American Humanist Association and Periyar International will host their first-ever joint conference, Humanism & Self-Respect, at Montgomery College’s Cultural Arts Center in Silver Spring, Maryland. The international event will bring... Read More

There is comfort in numbers. Sometimes it feels as though you are the only humanist within a thousand miles, and you have trouble talking to friends or family about what humanism is, and how the philosophy... Read More