The overwhelming response to last week’s HNN debate on pornography was fantastic. I say that, even  despite some negative reactions, because it reminds me of how diverse and passionate humanists are when it comes to... Read More

By Brian Magee Two recent studies released almost simultaneously provide more hard evidence that religion is slowly losing its grip on humanity, even in the United States. First, a report from the University of Chicago... Read More

By Zach Hudson A You Tube clip from a BBC talk show called The Big Questions caught my attention recently. Kate Smurthwaite, a comedian, actress, and member of the National Secular Society, found herself among... Read More

Can you name all of the skeptics that appear on the cover of the Humanist magazine's May/June 2012 issue? (If you’re not receiving the Humanist, become a member of the American Humanist Association today!) Write... Read More

Listen to the keynote speech by civil liberties activist and past AHA president Corliss Lamont at the AHA’s 41st Annual Conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

By Steve Major Recently there was a very interesting and popular article in HNN about what to say to a grieving humanist, since so many sympathetic phrases in western society contain platitudes about loved ones... Read More

This week we’re featuring a poem by a new contributor, Sylvia Ramos Cruz. Ramos Cruz is a physician and surgeon, gardener and world traveler who loves words and what they can do. Her poems aspire... Read More