This past weekend, my colleague Jessica Xiao and I had the honor of attending the Center For Inquiry’s Women In Secularism 4 (WIS). This conference brought together a diverse lineup of speakers---including American Humanist Association... Read More

As a lobbyist, I hate election season. Campaigns show the worst side of politics: the fake folksiness, the reluctant baby-kissing, and the overstated promises that won’t be delivered on. The actual business of governing is... Read More

This week I attended a series of meetings with DC city council members as part of a bipartisan and interfaith effort to promote the Death With Dignity Act of 2015. The bill was introduced by... Read More

Please welcome the communications intern for Fall 2016, Aidan Bissell-Siders! TheHumanist.com: What is your educational and work background? I’m a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park. I study biochemistry and hope to minor... Read More

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

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

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