AHA Gets Nativity Display Removed from Arkansas Courthouse

In a victory for the separation of church and state, the American Humanist Association won a lawsuit challenging a Christian nativity display on the lawn of a courthouse in Baxter County, Arkansas. The American Humanist... Read More
Religious Academics Fail to Make the Case for Religion’s Revival

Many Americans have watched the presidential debates that have taken place so far as the election approaches and the media doubles down on political programming. But one debate, that of the role of religion in... Read More
What Do Secular Voters Want? Center for Freethought Equality Polls Secular Americans

Over the past several months, we’ve gotten a sense of how the 2016 presidential elections are shaping up. Well, at least for the primary. We’ve seen the candidates at their podiums giving speeches that feed... Read More
Poll: What Motto Would You Like to See Replace “In God We Trust?”

In 1956, the phrase "In God We Trust" was adopted as the official motto of the United States, replacing the original motto "E Pluribus Unum" (Out of Many, One). With a growing number of secular,... Read More
Filtering Fact from Fiction: A Humanist Response to GMOs

Last week, despite protests from anti-GMO groups, the European Parliament rejected a measure that would allow individual countries to ban genetically modified organisms (GMOs) including certain crops and animal feed. But the issue is hardly... Read More
At the United Nations, More Work to Be Done for Religious Freedom and the Rights of the Child

At the United Nations this week, the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, provided an update on the state of world religious freedom. This latest report also focused on the Committee... Read More
Christianity, Judaism, Islam—There’s an Emoji for Those. But What about Humanism?

If religious people ever found it difficult to express their faith in public, at least religious Apple iPhone users now have answers to their prayers. In its latest operating system update, Apple added new emojis—pictures,... Read More