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Humanist Rights in Federal Prisons One Year after Holden v. Bureau of Prisons

by Merrill Miller • 19 July 2016

The humanist movement has long fought for the rights and dignity of incarcerated people. But for far too long, humanists in federal prison were not even able to identify as such, meaning that they were... Read More

So-Called “First Amendment Defense Act” Would Actually Weaken Civil Liberties

by Amanda Scott • 13 July 2016

Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend a U.S. House committee hearing on the First Amendment Defense Act (FADA). The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, chaired by Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), heard from a... Read More

Louisiana School Fails to Change Pledge of Allegiance Policy, Requires Students to Stand

by TheHumanist.com Staff • 7 July 2016

The American Humanist Association’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center criticizes the Lafayette Parish School System in Lafayette, La., for failing to update its Pledge of Allegiance policy to comply with students’ rights under the First Amendment.... Read More

Federal Judge’s Decision a Win for LGBTQ Rights and for Church/State Separation

by Merrill Miller • 5 July 2016

Since the US Supreme Court’s ruling on Obergefell v. Hodges last year, marriage equality should be resolved. Yet the religious right still continues to push back against the rights of LGBTQ Americans. Red states began... Read More

Humanists Celebrate Major Victory for Reproductive Rights

by Amanda Scott • 27 June 2016

Today I attended the rally outside of the US Supreme Court in anticipation of the decision on Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt,  the most significant abortion case to be decided by the Court since Planned Parenthood v.... Read More

Donald Trump Thinks Your Kids Should Go To Sunday School

by Jennifer Bardi • 22 June 2016

If Donald Trump had his way, we—a humanist news site published by the nonprofit, tax-exempt American Humanist Association—would be able to freely discuss how good or bad a president we think he’d be. But we... Read More

North Carolina Democratic Convention Adds the Non-Religious to Its List of Protected Classes

by Susanne Werner • 20 June 2016

They say that the way to change the world is to start in your own backyard.  I recently had an opportunity to put that idea into action. In my retirement, I have been fortunate to... Read More

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