Meet the AHA Summer Interns, Part II

We’re pleased to welcome six individuals to the American Humanist Association’s Summer 2015 Internship Program! They are working hard and contributing to our efforts by writing for TheHumanist.com, assisting on the production of the Humanist... Read More
Meet the AHA Summer Interns, Part I

We’re pleased to welcome six individuals to the American Humanist Association’s Summer 2015 Internship Program! They are working hard and contributing to our efforts by writing for TheHumanist.com, assisting on the production of the Humanist... Read More
Bristol Palin and the Disappointing “Planned” Pregnancy

It’s been years since Sarah Palin first entered the news as John McCain’s running mate in the 2008 elections, but the former Governor and her extended family just can’t seem to stay out of the... Read More
Relocating Capital, Not People: A Humanist Take on Housing Discrimination

On June 25, 2015, the Supreme Court ruled in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. that so-called “disparate-impact claims“ can be brought under Title VIII of the Civil Rights... Read More
The Anti-Vaxx Movement and the Cult of American Individualism

It doesn’t matter how many works of Ayn Rand you throw at communicable diseases—they will always be communist by nature. For decades, advancements in modern medicine have been slowly chipping away at some of humanity’s... Read More
Eventbrite Sheds Some Light on Religious Events and Community Building

Human beings are naturally social, and the emergence of the Internet has given us even more ways to connect with each other, both online and in person. Online event marketing tools have given people more... Read More
The Secular Humanist in President Obama’s Life

What would it take for a fatherless black man, who grew up in a progressive, yet somewhat chaotic, lower middle-class family and spent most of his childhood moving from place to place, to become the... Read More