by Ellery Schempp I write in remembrance and appreciation. Engel v. Vitale was decided 7-1 on June 25, 1962 in a truly landmark Supreme Court case regarding prayer in public schools. The Engel decision was... Read More

Humanist Network News is back after a brief hiatus as our staff prepared for the 71st Annual Conference in New Orleans earlier this month! Thank you to the over 300 attendees that participated in breakout... Read More

Photo by: Leslie Zukor The 2012 Annual Conference, held this year in New Orleans, was an absolute success. With 30 different banquets, lectures, forums, and receptions to choose from, there was more offered than any... Read More

This year’s American Humanist Association 71st Annual Conference saw a lot of wonderful things come to fruition, one of them being the tireless efforts of Feminist Caucus Chair Stephanie Downs Hughes and newly appointed Feminist... Read More

A Massachusetts court has ruled against a humanist family in their challenge to the “under God” wording of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. The plaintiffs plan to appeal the ruling. The lawsuit, filed... Read More

The American Humanist Association (AHA) will be highlighting the case of Alexander Aan in its ongoing work with the U.S. Department of State's Office of International Religious Freedom (IRF). Aan is the Indonesian man who... Read More

By James A. Haught People sometimes ask me whether I'm an agnostic, an atheist, a skeptic–or what. I have a standard reply: I don't think about labels; I just think about being honest and truthful.... Read More