America has long been known by world as one of the leaders in scientific research and innovation not just because the many famous scientists that called America home, but also because our nation has always... Read More

By Paul Chiariello There is certainly a lot of good to be said for all of the bestselling books and the wide variety of rallies for reason. They have galvanized a new humanist and atheist... Read More

Thanks to everyone who participated in last week’s Humanist Trivia Contest! Our HNN readers must know the AHA very well (or can find answers easily online!) because all of this week’s submissions got the right... Read More

This week's poem is by Helen Bennett. Helen is the author of Humanism, What's That? A Book for Curious Kids (2005, Prometheus Books). Helen is president of the Humanists of Brevard and is a former... Read More

Your favorites are back! New comics by Jesus and Mo, Ape Not Monkey, and The Bad Chemicals!    

I’m in sunny San Diego, California today, where AHA executive director Roy Speckhardt and I are meeting with local humanist leaders to plan our 72nd Annual Conference, to be held May 30-June 2, 2013 at... Read More

By Raul Martinez On August 20, 2012, health economists with the John Hopkins University School of Medicine published a study titled “Costs and Effectiveness of Neonatal Male Circumcision.” In this study they estimated an increase... Read More