Amid two weeks of protest in Iran, the Brookings Institution’s Center for Middle East Policy hosted Iranian-Canadian journalist and filmmaker Maziar Bahari in a talk with Brookings Deputy Director for Foreign Policy Suzanne Maloney on... Read More

Meet the American Humanist Association's new Director of Education, Kristin Wintermute! TheHumanist.com: What is your educational and work background? I received my undergraduate degree from the University of Montana in pre-professional psychology with a minor... Read More

It may not surprise you to learn that in a ranking of the most sinful city in the United States, Las Vegas, Nevada, came in first. Wallethub.com, the website that compiled the list, considered factors... Read More

As is tradition at so many publications and news outlets, we throw our humanist hat in the ring with a list of our favorite headlines and tweets of 2017. Yes, there are some from and... Read More

At the risk of putting a damper on your secular holiday cheer, you should know that your tax dollars are paying for private religious schools. In fact, providing the opportunity for parents to use government... Read More

This week former Alabama judge Roy Moore lost in a surprising upset to former US Attorney Doug Jones in the race to fill the vacant Senate seat left by now Attorney General Jeff Sessions. And... Read More

Last week Senator Al Franken (D-MN) announced that he would leave the Senate following accusations from several women of sexual harassment and nonconsensual sexual contact. While Franken wasn’t exactly apologetic or even understanding about the... Read More