Please welcome our fall editorial intern, Duane Paul Murphy! TheHumanist.com: What is your educational and work background? I’m a senior at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. I’m currently studying to obtain a bachelor... Read More

According to the Prison Policy Initiative’s 2018 report, the US criminal justice system holds nearly 2.3 million people (of the nation’s total 329 million total people) in 1,719 state prisons, 102 federal prisons, 1,852 juvenile... Read More

As the summer winds down and back-to-school season begins, public focus increases on funding for schools, teachers, and resources. While enrollment in public schools for children between the ages of six and sixteen is mandatory... Read More

American politics are especially divisive at the moment, which is why the current Congress is one of the least productive in decades and struggles to get much of anything done. But just because things are... Read More

I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened,... Read More

Please welcome the American Humanist Association’s new education assistant, Brody Armstrong! TheHumanist.com: What is your educational and work background? I graduated from the University of Iowa in the fall of 2016 where I triple-majored in... Read More

The number of births per year in the United States is at a record low. Last year the fertility rate fell to 60.2 births per 1,000 women aged 15-44, a 3 percent decrease from 2016.... Read More