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Forcing Students to Love America is Unpatriotic

In a July 2018 article on patriotism, I wrote that “it’s difficult to sustain love for your country when you don’t feel loved by it or love its treatment of others.” However, U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley... Read More

Journeys to Humanism: Embracing Reality

Journeys to Humanism, theHumanist.com’s regular series, features real stories from humanists in our community. From heartwarming narratives of growth, to more difficult journeys, our readers open up about their experiences coming to humanism. James Jarrett This... Read More

AHA Grants Bringing Humanism Online and to the Streets

The COVID pandemic isn’t stopping our local groups from finding compelling ways to introduce new audiences to humanism and put humanist values into action for communities in need. The American Humanist Association (AHA) is proud to... Read More

Haiti’s Revolution and What It Teaches Us

One of the unfortunate realities of American education is that an already brief history of Black people in the United States is taught nearly entirely without regard or recognition to the broader African diaspora concerning Black... Read More

Signs You’re Being Co-Opted by the Far Right

Even humanists, despite our commitment to critical thinking, are susceptible to disinformation campaigns, especially when we aren’t fully up-to-speed on the latest scholarship and are unaware of the campaigns calculated to use us to advance in-humanist... Read More

Meet the New AHA Staff Member: Katie McKerall

Welcome the Appignani Humanist Legal Center's new Staff Attorney, Katie McKerall! TheHumanist.com: What is your educational and work background? Katie McKerall: I graduated from the University of South Alabama with a BA in Philosophy. After trying... Read More

Humanist EDge: How Humanists Gain New Perspectives

Celebrate World Humanist Day (June 21) throughout June with us by exploring the Ten Commitments of Humanist Living. We end with Global Awareness and Environmentalism. One of my most amazing and life-changing experiences happened in Summer... Read More

Our Humanist Summer Reading List

SUMMER ALWAYS SEEMS to be the perfect time to lose yourself in a good book. So, the Humanist is here to help! We highlight nine recent books that focus on a wide range of humanist values.... Read More

The Many Intersections of Reproductive Justice

Excerpts from “Reproductive Justice and Intersectionality” presented by Dr. Colleen McNicholas and Pamela Merritt and offered by the American Humanist Association’s Center for Education this Spring. BEFORE WE APPROACH what can be challenging issues for people... Read More