Don’t Be a Dick’s
When twelve-year-old McKenna Peterson wrote to Dick’s Sporting Goods complaining that no women were represented as athletes in their basketball catalog, she was pointing out the obvious: Forty-two years after the other Dick signed Title... Read More
Meet the New AHA Staff Member: Deborah Goemans
Please welcome the newest addition to the American Humanist Association staff, Projects Associate Deborah Goemans! Learn more about her support for humanism below. What is your educational and professional background? I was born and raised... Read More
Favorite Pastime? A Seventh-Inning Walk through Hell in a Gasoline Suit
“I’d walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.” –Pete Rose Ah, yes, nothing unites—and divides—our country like that great game of baseball and the conversations it inspires. Passionate debates abound: Which is... Read More
Forget Blessed: Can’t We All Just Have a “Nice” Day?
Reader Laurel Harry, a member of the American Humanist Association, recently shared the following letter with us (reprinted here with her permission): I am writing regarding the use of “Have a blessed day” by employees... Read More
Contest Winner: How Would You Rewrite the Pledge of Allegiance?
Thank you to the over 100 entries for our “How Would You Rewrite the Pledge of Allegiance?” Contest! We read through every email and comment, and it was tough to pick the best one. Many... Read More
Atheists and Aliens: Would the Existence of Extraterrestrials Mean the End of Religion?
In A Brief History of Time Professor Stephen Hawking asks, “…if the universe is really completely self-contained, having no boundary or edge, it would have neither beginning nor end: it would simply be. What place,... Read More
Yes Means Yes: A New Law to Help Protect Women and Men from Sexual Assault
The first “Religion and the Media” class I taught in the United Kingdom’s state-maintained schools was in 2004. Students in the religious studies classes are taught how to be critical consumers of media as they... Read More