As a humanist, it’s disheartening to watch humanity plunge into yet another war. I believe in things like cooperation over competition and the ideal that we all benefit far more when we work together toward a... Read More

In early August of this year, Haiti was affected by a 7.3 magnitude earthquake, more powerful than the 2010 earthquake which killed, injured, and displaced hundreds of thousands of people. This most recent earthquake came... Read More

As a supporter of the American Humanist Association, I am sure you are familiar with the discrimination faced by humanists in the US—but are you aware of the persecution faced by other humanists around the... Read More

Mubarak Bala is a Nigerian human rights activist and President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria. On April 28, 2020, Bala was arrested in Kano, a predominantly Muslim state in northern Nigeria, in connection with... Read More

Besides the global pandemic we’re experiencing right now, the bubonic plague is probably the most notorious in history—in particular, the Black Death that took place during the middle of the fourteenth century and swept across... Read More

The whole world has been watching for months as massive bushfires spread across Australia. Much concern has been voiced regarding who is being devastated most, with a sharp focus on land loss and animals and... Read More

On Tuesday, July 23, 2019, Representatives Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Mark Meadows (R-NC) introduced House Resolution 512 to support the repeal of blasphemy laws globally, encouraging the State Department and President Trump to protect international... Read More