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Climate Change’s Newest Effect: Gentrification
Despite efforts to minimize humanity’s footprint on the Earth, global temperatures continue to rise accompanied by more droughts, increases in sea levels, shrinking glaciers, stronger tropical storms, and wildfires such as those currently raging in California.... Read More
Are Trump and the Russians in a Family Way?
When professor, journalist, and author Jeff Sharlet tweeted, “#TheNationalPrayerBreakfast is all over the affidavit for Russian spy Maria Butina,” he raised the obvious question: How did Butina and a number of her Russian colleagues obtain invitations... Read More
The Humanist Dilemma: Is Tolerance Intolerable?
Experiencing an ethical dilemma? Need advice from a humanist perspective? Send your questions to The Humanist Dilemma at dilemma@thehumanist.com (subject line: Humanist Dilemma). All inquiries are kept confidential. In response to last week’s column on shunning,... Read More
Meet the New AHA Staff Member: Sarah Henry
Please welcome the American Humanist Association’s new communications associate, Sarah Henry! TheHumanist.com: What is your educational and work background? I graduated from Lynn University in South Florida with a degree in political science and photography. I loved... Read More
Addressing the Problem of American Food Deserts
When many Americans think about summer, they think of holiday barbeques, sweet summer corn and ice-cream cones. What many forget—or simply don’t know—is that 1 in 8 people in the United States struggles with hunger. Among... Read More
Ahead of the Curve: Resurrecting Net Neutrality
Net neutrality officially ended last month. The giant internet service providers (ISPs) now can and will start using their market dominance and mega-billions to channel internet use down pathways that make them more money, reducing the... Read More
Conform or Crumble?
After a landslide vote to repeal Ireland’s thirty-five-year constitutional ban on pregnancy terminations, all publicly funded hospitals in Ireland, including Catholic hospitals, will now be required to perform abortions. Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar made the... Read More
The Humanist Dilemma: What to Do When People Continue to Actively Grieve Years after a Death
Experiencing an ethical dilemma? Need advice from a humanist perspective? Send your questions to The Humanist Dilemma at dilemma@thehumanist.com (subject line: Humanist Dilemma). All inquiries are kept confidential. Perpetual Mourners: I have a friend I can... Read More
Ahead of the Curve: “America Second”
President Trump in his inaugural address assured us that the guiding principle of the new administration would be “America First.” “America will start winning again, winning like never before,” he promised. Many of us found his... Read More
Five Fierce Humanists: Unapologetically Black Women Beyond Belief
Introduction by Christopher Cameron IT IS A WELL-KNOWN FACT that black women have served as the backbone of the black church since its inception. Black women raised funds for church buildings, evangelized for their churches around... Read More