Legal Update: AHA Demands End to Graduation Prayers, School Field Trips to Churches

The Appignani Humanist Legal Center has been very busy this past month! Check out several legal letters and pending lawsuits we’re working on to protect church-state separation. AHA Tells Minnesota Public School: Stop Field Trips... Read More
Register Now: IHEU World Humanist Congress in Oxford, UK

The World Humanist Congress is held every three years and is the main event in the calendar of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), which unites more than 100 atheist, skeptic, and humanist organizations... Read More
The Winter Olympics in Sochi: What’s The Humanist Reaction?

This year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia is no exception to the continuing long-term failure to hold a global event free from political interference, despite unanimous UN support for the usual Olympic Truce approved before... Read More
Countdown to Darwin Day: 20 Days Left

Darwin Day is coming up on February 12! Darwin Day is a global celebration of science and reason The International Darwin Day Foundation, a project of the American Humanist Association and founded by Dr. Robert... Read More
Religious Freedom for All? Congress’s Conspicuous Absence of Advocacy for Non-Religious Prisoners of Conscience

AHA Grassroots and Advocacy Intern Apurva Parikh attended a Congressional hearing on the plight of prisoners of conscience, but why weren’t atheists and agnostics mentioned? On January 16th, co-chairs Frank Wolf and James McGovern of... Read More
The Decline of the Nones in 2014

The Rise of the "Nones" is a common theme in the media. But AHA Treasurer Jason Torpy sees these "Nones" giving way quickly to thoughtful, outspoken, and positive humanists and other nontheists. He sees co-opting... Read More
Is America the Greatest Threat to World Peace?

In a recent Gallup poll, the United States was ranked number one among the list of countries posing the greatest threat to peace. AHA’s Matthew Bulger explains why. A few months ago I wrote about... Read More