Confession: I’ve only watched two episodes of Star Trek in my entire life (one of which was the very humanistic Who Watches the Watchers). For some freethinkers, this is blasphemy! After all, Gene Roddenberry received... Read More

Save the date for the AHA’s 71st Conference June 7-10, 2012 in New Orleans! We’re excited to announce that we’ll be honoring the prolific journalist and activist Gloria Steinem with the 2012 Humanist of the... Read More

A new documentary by Tiroir A Films sheds light on one of the most misunderstood and despised groups in America: atheists. Coming Out in America (working title) focuses on young people in different parts of... Read More

Link to Petition:https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/edit-pledge-allegiance-remove-phrase-under-god/v5J2fC6z If you visit the official website of The White House at www.whitehouse.gov, you might notice a new interactive feature called We the People—a platform where individuals can create and sign petitions that... Read More

Thanks to everyone who submitted entries for last week’s Photo Caption Contest featuring Richard Dawkins and students from the Secular Student Alliance participating in the AHA’s 70th Anniversary Conference in Boston.   The winner was... Read More

New comics by Jesus and Mo, Ape Not Monkey, and The Bad Chemicals!        

Join AHA Executive Director Roy Speckhardt on Monday, September 26 as he participates in an “Ask Me Anything” thread on social media site reddit.com. Roy will be answering questions about the AHA, its goals, and humanism/atheism/progressive politics in general. We will post a... Read More