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
Are You Openly Secular? Coalition Launches Campaign to Encourage Seculars to ‘Come Out’
For anyone who has ever needed to “come out” as a humanist, atheist or agnostic, the process can be daunting. The fear of being ostracized, rejected or shamed by friends and family who are firm... Read More
Results of the 2014 AHA Board of Directors Election
In accordance with its bylaws, the American Humanist Association conducted an election for six positions on the AHA Board of Directors. All AHA members in good standing received a ballot via e-mail through Votenet Solutions... Read More
What We’re Learning from the Pledge Kids Critical thinking is often met with hostility in American schools
The American Humanist Association’s Don’t Say the Pledge campaign, which encourages a boycott of the Pledge of Allegiance until the “under God” wording is removed, has revealed a troubling phenomenon in American public schools, a... Read More
On The Hill: Which Religions Care Most About Church-State Separation?
This week I attended an event at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, which focused on the 2014 American Values Survey created by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). PRRI has been doing this survey... Read More
Meet the New LGBTQ Humanist Council Coordinator: Kevin Jagoe
We’re welcoming a new volunteer to the American Humanist Association team: Kevin Jagoe! He will be the new coordinator of the LGBTQ Humanist Council, which works to represent LGBTQ humanists in support of equality initiatives... Read More
Humanists Participate in Historic People’s Climate March
More than 300 humanists gathered in New York City yesterday to participate in the People’s Climate March. This was the largest climate demonstration in history, with more than 300,000 participating overall. The purpose of the... Read More
