Please welcome the American Humanist Association’s new Member Services Assistant, Sam Gerard! TheHumanist.com: What is your educational and work background? I majored in history and political science at the University of Alabama (Roll Tide). I... Read More

The American Humanist Association (AHA) board of directors, in accordance with by-laws and customs, recently elected new officers to fill the roles of president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer. Board officers serve two-year terms and... Read More

Humans aren’t perfect. We are, in fact, messy, with contradictory and ill-founded ideas. It follows that our social movements would be messy too. So, while it may be disappointing to learn that the human beings... Read More

Last year we reported on Project Blitz, a project of the Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation (CPCF) with the stated aim “To protect the free exercise of traditional Judeo-Christian religious values and beliefs in the public... Read More

Please welcome our new social justice intern, Luciano Gonzalez! What is your educational background? I am currently a graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro pursuing a master’s in peace and conflict... Read More

The voice of secular America is often portrayed as the one saying “no” to nativity scenes and other religious displays on public grounds during the winter holidays. This holiday season, there is a twelve-foot-high lighthouse-shaped... Read More

After coming out as an atheist in 2015 while pastoring West Hill United Church in Toronto, Canada, Gretta Vosper found herself at the center of an ongoing debate in progressive church circles. Can someone be... Read More