By Jeff Satterwhite A new survey on American religiosity conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life revealed that about one-in-five adults in America now self-identify as “religiously unaffiliated.” The rapidly rising level... Read More

Humanists and atheists are mourning the death of humanist Dr. Paul Kurtz, former editor of the American Humanist Association’s Humanist magazine and founder of the Council for Secular Humanism, who died on Oct. 20, 2012... Read More

My U.S. Supreme Court case Baird v. Eisenstadt legalized birth control nationally on March 22, 1972. Baird was quoted six times in Roe v. Wade and in my two other U.S. Supreme Court cases, Baird v. Bellotti I and Baird v. Bellotti II for minors’... Read More

By Meghan Hamilton A Whisper to a Roar is a new documentary about five politically corrupt and socially torn countries—Malaysia, Ukraine, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, and Egypt—working to transform their government and the overall quality of life... Read More

Did your letter-to-the-editor get published in a local or national newspaper? We’d like to share it! Send a link to your published letter to hnn@americanhumanist.org, and we’ll republish it in this column. Please remember that... Read More

We’re jam-packed with new comics this week by Jesus and Mo, Ape Not Monkey, The Bad Chemicals and The Atheist Pig!

Tomorrow, October 11th, marks National Coming Out Day. Though observed primarily for the LGBT community, National Coming Out Day is something that we as humanists can really get behind and learn lessons from. The sources... Read More