Please welcome the American Humanist Association's new social justice and legislative assistant, Anaiise Diaz! TheHumanist.com: What is your educational and work background? I attended Rutgers University, graduating with a double major in criminal justice and... Read More

Abortion rates in the United States have reached a historic low since the Supreme Court legalized the procedure in the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. The Guttmacher Institute, a non-profit dedicated to advancing sexual... Read More

"Humanism will be the only 'ism' in the future. That is what we are training for." These were among the opening words at the international Humanism & Self-Respect conference held at the Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center... Read More

Please welcome the new staff attorney of the American Humanist Association’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center, Colin McNamara! TheHumanist.com: What is your educational and work background? I got my bachelor’s degree from SUNY Oswego, double-majoring in... Read More

Over the Labor Day weekend, the Central Colorado Humanists (CCH)—the Salida, Colorado, chapter of the American Humanist Association—transformed their unwanted stuff into academic opportunity by hosting a yard sale to support the group’s scholarship program.... Read More

The pressure for Democratic presidential candidates to address the climate crisis—which resulted in CNN’s marathon seven-hour town hall last week—is an indication of how urgently many people care about addressing the problem. Humanists are no... Read More

Despite underwhelming attention on the debate stage so far, the climate crisis is finally shaping the national conversation. Tonight, September 4, CNN will host a Climate Crisis Town Hall with ten of the current Democratic... Read More