Rethinking the Ingredients for Human Life New research suggests same-sex couples (or even individuals) may someday be able to produce their very own offspring
It looks like the church may be in for yet another rude awakening over its belief that life begins at conception, that is, when the egg and the sperm merge. Researchers from the University of... Read More
Special Remembrance: Carol Wintermute
Update: Life Celebration information has been added to the end of this article. Carol Wintermute, a longtime leader of the humanist movement in the United States, died on August 30, 2016, in Princeton, New Jersey,... Read More
O’er the Land of the Free…ish Colin Kaepernick’s Quintessentially American Protest
Would you vow to recite and honor words you don’t understand, written by a man you never knew, without question, simply because someone told you it was your duty? If you said yes, that’s not... Read More
The Humanist Challenge to the Sainthood of Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa is now known worldwide as “St. Teresa of Calcutta” after being canonized by the Catholic Church on September 4 in Rome. Her life can be examined in a way that was not feasible... Read More
Meet the AHA Staff: Daniel Green
Please welcome the newest addition to the American Humanist Association staff, Member Services Assistant Daniel Green! TheHumanist.com: What is your educational and work background? I graduated from Georgetown University in 2013 with a degree in... Read More
He Was Raptured! And Other Tales of Faith-Based Defenses
Can the Rapture get you out of house arrest? Lyle Jeffs, a member of the Utah-based Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), was arrested last year along with ten other church leaders... Read More
I Am a Francophile and I Am Disappointed
I adore France and all things French. My father grew up in France, I’m one-quarter French, and my siblings and I are close to many of my French second cousins. Despite the geographical distance, we... Read More