MisDEMeanor: When It Comes to Legislators and Civil Disobedience, Why Is It Only the Dems?
Three democratic representatives walk into a jail. No, that’s not the set-up for a joke. It’s something that happened recently in New York, when US Reps. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) and Raúl Grijalva... Read More
Surveying the Demise of White American Christianity
The 2016 election laid bare the underbelly of Christianity with over 81 percent of white evangelicals casting their vote for Donald J. Trump. In the person of Trump one finds the coming together of American... Read More
Morality Survey Revisited: How Did Humanists Measure Up?
On August 23 we published the article, “Can Good Be Good if Nobody Knows It?” to address a morality study published by Nature Human Behaviour. The study concludes that the majority of us, regardless of... Read More
Human Values Bring Theists and Nontheists Together against the RAISE Act
Family values are generally defined as the cultural values passed on from generation to generation within families regarding structure, function, roles, beliefs, attitudes, and ideals. Conservatives usually fall all over themselves to support family values, but... Read More
Harvard Humanist of the Year Issues Call for Facilitators to Lead SMART Recovery Meetings
A quarter century ago, renowned humanists such as Albert Ellis, Michael Werner, Joe Gerstein (pictured here) and many others played an integral role in the founding of SMART Recovery—a secular, science-based, self-empowering mutual support program... Read More
Meet the New AHA Staff Member: Amy Couch
Meet the AHA’s new Communications Manager, Amy Couch! TheHumanist.com: What is your educational and work background? I graduated from the University of Tulsa with a BA in philosophy and a minor certificate in classics. After... Read More
The “Human” in “Humanist” Includes Trans
Last week the Trump administration launched one of the most aggressive attacks on the LGBTQ community to date. On Wednesday, Donald Trump announced via Twitter that “After consultation with my generals and military experts, please... Read More