By Bob Bhaerman The Humanist Teacher Spotlight is a new feature of Humanist Network News recognizing the accomplishments of leaders and activists in humanist education. Helen Bennett is a writer for curious kids and author... Read More

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2011 is winding down! I want to thank you, our loyal readers, for supporting Humanist Network News and the American Humanist Association this year. Thanks to you, over 35,000 subscribers receive HNN each week, and... Read More

By Brian Magee Humanists and atheists are saddened by the death of the prolific writer and outspoken atheist Christopher Hitchens, who died Thursday, December 15 at the age of 62 after battling esophageal cancer. “Humanity... Read More

By Daniel Thomas Moran It is another one of those sad occasions where the anticipated has given way to the inevitable. Those of us who admired and celebrated Christopher Hitchens knew that the great man... Read More

By Nancy Martin *This is based on 17 years of church going including years of “perfect attendance” and listening to the gospel preached and reading the church literature. Any errors may be because life in... Read More

By Brian Magee The Roman Catholic Church in Virginia has successfully argued that adoptions carried out by their affiliated agencies can use “religious liberty” to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, religion, political beliefs,... Read More