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How Overturning Roe Will Impact More Than Just Abortions
Conservatives often attack reproductive freedom, but the American Humanist Association (AHA) was still outraged at the Supreme Court’s leaked draft majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health. In our statement on the May 2, 2022... Read More
The Abortion Debate Isn’t About Life; It’s About Control
If you were in the lobby of a certain Midwest university’s student center on a cold evening in January 2005, waiting for the bus to take you downtown, you would see a wide-eyed eighteen-year-old standing frozen... Read More
Building Humanist Communities at #AHACON22
We’re previewing more of the exciting sessions you’ll see when you attend the American Humanist Association’s (AHA) upcoming 81st Annual Conference. The Conference will be entirely virtual again this year, so you can join us from... Read More
What Would a Humanist Do? Tough and Necessary Conversations
When you are a humanist from a religious family, the issue of abortion rights and reproductive healthcare can be a deeply divisive one. In today’s What Would a Humanist Do? column, an American Humanist Association (AHA)... Read More
Performing a Wiccan Wedding: A Change in Perspective
This article is reprinted from the blog Deep Calls I stopped in a church parking lot and got off the motorcycle to stretch my legs and get my bearings. A car pulled up beside me and... Read More
Secular Elected Officials and More at June’s Virtual AHACON22!
This year the American Humanist Association (AHA) is celebrating more than eighty years of humanist thought and action by bringing our humanist community together again for the 2022 Virtual Conference. We hope you’ll join us on... Read More
American Architects of the UK Humanist Movement
On May 6, 1863, an American abolitionist mounted the platform at South Place Chapel, Finsbury, a London venue long home to religious dissenters and political radicals. Over the following months, he—then still a Unitarian clergyman—would speak... Read More
Discussing How to be Anti-Racist
Racism and white supremacy culture are destructive practices that were created by white people and must be addressed and dismantled by white people. These practices cause injustice in all aspects of our lives: income and wealth,... Read More
New Partnership Will Train Future Humanist Leaders
I am pleased to announce a new partnership between the American Humanist Association (AHA) Center for Education and the United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities (United). This fall, the AHA’s Humanist Studies Certificate Program (HSP)... Read More
New Podcast Celebrates Black History and Future
Artist, activist, and director of Black Nonbelievers of DC (BNDC), Danile “Ro” Rogiérs, has launched a new podcast. BNDC is both an affiliate of the Black Nonbelievers national organization and a chapter of the American Humanist... Read More