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International Religious Freedom Remains an Issue for Nontheists

by Matthew Bulger • 7 March 2016

In the United States we hear a lot about religious freedom. Religious conservatives in government at the state and federal level have tried to use their own definition of religious freedom to guarantee special rights... Read More

US Needs Humanists to Correct Its Self-Sabotaging Israel-Palestine Policy

by Thomas Buonomo • 20 November 2015

The Middle East is at its most unstable point in decades: Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and Libya are being ravaged by civil wars fueled by outside powers; Saudi Arabia is facing an increase in domestic terrorist... Read More

Filtering Fact from Fiction: A Humanist Response to GMOs

by Merrill Miller • 4 November 2015

Last week, despite protests from anti-GMO groups, the European Parliament rejected a measure that would allow individual countries to ban genetically modified organisms (GMOs) including certain crops and animal feed. But the issue is hardly... Read More

The Iran Nuclear Deal: Human Reason Triumphs over Greed and Corruption

by Efosa Akenzua • 20 July 2015

Make no mistake: President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran is a historic victory for reason. On July 14, the Obama administration accomplished what no previous U.S. administration had the capacity, tact, or patience to do:... Read More

Christians United for Israel’s Destructive Indoctrination Campaign

by Thomas Buonomo • 10 July 2015

The largest Christian Zionist organization in the United States, Christians United for Israel (CUFI), will hold its 10th Annual Summit next week in Washington, DC. Evangelical megachurch pastor and CUFI founder John Hagee will speak, along... Read More

UN Update: AHA Submits Testimony in Support of Free Expression at Human Rights Council Meeting in Geneva

by David I. Orenstein • 17 June 2015

The 29th session of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, an intergovernmental body made up of forty-seven states working to protect human rights around the world, opened in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 15. According to... Read More

Gloria Steinem and Other Women Activists Cross the North-South Korean Border for Peace

by Jessica Xiao • 28 May 2015

This past Sunday, on International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament, a group of thirty women activists from fifteen different countries, WomenCrossDMZ, crossed the demilitarized zone (DMZ) starting from Pyongyang, North Korea into South Korea... Read More

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