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Representation Matters: Spotlight on City Councilmember Carolyn Umphrey
This is a recurring series highlighting openly nonreligious elected officials across the nation. Prior to the 2016 election there were only 5 public nontheist state legislators, because of the efforts of the Center for Freethought Equality,... Read More
Living our Values During Secular Week of Action
AS HUMANISTS, working together for positive change and human progress is a core expression of our values. We are not alone. Throughout the United States, millions of people share in the desire to improve our nation... Read More
Justice-Centered Humanism
The following is an excerpt from Justice-Centered Humanism, a new book by Roy Speckhardt that will be published by Pitchstone Press later this year. It is currently available for order on Amazon. Introduction Tuesday evening, February... Read More
Two Good Humans: The Friendship Between Carl Sagan and Kurt Vonnegut
CARL SAGAN FIRST ENTERED KURT VONNEGUT'S ORBIT IN 1966. The satirist was working at the time as a creative writing professor at the University of Iowa Writer’s Workshop and the heavy teaching load was taking its... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | The Secret Is Out: Christian Nationalists Hate Democracy
Way back in 1988, I wrote a story about Christian Reconstructionists, a hardline faction of the religious right whose members openly espouse theocracy. The version of Christianity Reconstructionists sought to merge with the government would be... Read More
The Scientific Spirit of American Humanism
BOOK BY STEPHEN P. WELDON JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2020 Stephen P. Weldon’s book, which originated with his 1997 doctoral dissertation and is part of the publisher’s series Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context, gives... Read More
Women’s History Month at the Center for Education
This article is one in a series of articles in March in honor of Women’s History Month. The American Humanist Association’s (AHA) Center for Education provides educational opportunities for humanist and secular communities. Programs take an... Read More
Confronting the Surge in Anti-Asian American Violence
“Wuhan. Wuhan was catching on, coronavirus, kung flu, I could give you many, many names. Some people call it the Chinese flu, the China flu, they call it the China.” When the COVID-19 pandemic first started... Read More
Fighting for the Equality Act and Black Queer Families
Even as the Religious Right doubles down on its grip on Midwestern and Southern state legislatures, the U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Equality Act, which grants historic protections to LGBTQ+ communities in the workplace,... Read More
Repeal Helms Now
This article is one in a series of articles in March in honor of Women’s History Month. The United States doled out roughly $40 billion dollars in foreign aid last year, but American dollars don’t come... Read More