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Democracy’s Floor

The grave importance of local-level elections in your state can never be overstressed. Laws governing civil liberties and human rights, education, budgeting, insurance, transportation and urban planning, elections and government offices, gun violence—and funding for all... Read More

FIRST PERSON | The Burden of Our Inheritances

Even when we are surrounded by people who are outwardly similar to us–similar points of view, similar bodies, similar gender expressions, similar skin tones–the human mind will still find ways to look for differences. To find... Read More

Atheist World Builders, Women, and Matrilineal Legacy

This month the American Humanist Association (AHA) is focusing on a theme of “Atheist World Builders, Women, and Matrilineal Legacy,” situated inside of Women’s History Month. Social and religious movements across sectors have come face to... Read More

Black Futures, Diasporic Solidarity

The communications team at the American Humanist Association has adopted a 2023 strategic content calendar to refresh and invigorate collective conversations on topics not typically seen as “humanist issues.” February’s theme is “Black Futures, and Diasporic... Read More

Decolonizing the Mind by Learning to Unlearn

An anonymous Medieval poet wrote this: A moth ate words. It seemed to me a strange occasion, when I inquired about that wonder, that the worm swallowed the riddle of certain men, a thief in the... Read More

The Humanist Past and Future of the Republic of Haiti

Sixteen months ago, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the southern arm of Haiti, decimating the region. Hospitals lay in ruins, unable to treat the 12,000+ people injured in the quake. Hundreds of thousands were left homeless.... Read More

Is It Time to Talk About Reparations?

FROM TIME TO TIME, I’ll receive emails and calls from humanists and atheists thanking me for my work—and in those short exchanges I’m often told that I am an important new voice advancing humanism. While I... Read More