Please welcome the newest addition to the American Humanist Association staff, communications associate Merrill Miller! Learn more about her support for humanism below.   TheHumanist.com: What is your educational and work background?  Merrill Miller: I... Read More

Every person entering service in the U.S. Army is asked, “What’s your religious preference?” They can select from over 100 options, and if you are an atheist or have no religious preference, that’s okay—the Army... Read More

Are atheists unpatriotic? Most non-theists would say no and assert that loyalty to their country has nothing to do with belief, or nonbelief, in a deity. But by conducting a daily classroom exercise in which... Read More

Chaplaincy is a very personal “calling” for me that began in the early 1980s, rooted in an ethical stance of compassion, love, respect, and justice. I was living in Boston at the time and was... Read More

Last week the Pew Research Group reported that the number of stay-at-home mothers is increasing in the United States, rising from 23 percent in 1999 to 29 percent in 2012. When we hear “stay-at-home mom”... Read More

A bill recently filed in Louisiana would make the Bible that state’s official book. Not any Bible, mind you, but their oldest edition of the Holy Bible, published by Johannes Prevel in the early 1500s... Read More

All of us have certain moments we recall that startled us from complacency, jarred our perspective, or informed our future in a way that could not be fully discerned until years later. Back in the... Read More