Oppressive Atheism: In China, Religion Can Be a Form of Activism
China’s governing party, the Communist Party of China (CPC), recently banned the practice of religion for all of its 88+ million members in an effort to “maintain Party unity.” Director of the State Administration for... Read More
Meet the New AHA Staff Member: Melody Stringer
Meet the AHA's new Member Services Associate, Melody Stringer! TheHumanist.com: What is your educational and work background? I graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a BA in philosophy, focused in the humanities and arts. I... Read More
Ugly Ties: The Trump Administration and Hate Groups
The Trump administration has had no problem speaking to, working with, and headhunting from organizations classified as hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Here, I have compiled numerous instances of officials in... Read More
A Dose of Dopamine, Round 8
Ignore his quibbling, unintelligible interview in the New York Times where the president-who-must-not-be-named claims that health insurance costs twelve dollars a year. Ignore it—I implore you! Relax with some chamomile tea and enjoy some wonderfully... Read More
For the Love of Women! Absurd Abortion Laws Must Be Stopped
The assault on constitutional rights and civil liberties coming from the religious right and the GOP continues, as conservative Republicans set their sites on purging life-saving care and abortive services from women’s healthcare. In Wisconsin,... Read More
The Liberal Lean to States’ Rights
“Our administration wants you to innovate. Now is the time to usher in a new era of state-based innovation,” Vice President Mike Pence recently told a group of apprehensive Republican governors who opposed the cuts... Read More
This Is What Democracy (of, by, and for the People) Looks Like
I’d never been in a Senate office building before. Although it made perfect sense, I wasn’t expecting to have to walk through a metal detector right when I entered. “Oh, do I need to take... Read More