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The Comics Section: Striking Inequality
The latest from Cagle Cartoons. Worlds Apart by Christopher Weyant, The Boston Globe, MA
A Brief Look at the Four Waves of Feminism
This is the first in a series of articles in March that will celebrate Women’s History Month. The modern day humanist movement has embraced feminism, but like various types of humanism, the tension between the various... Read More
The Hidden Agenda of the “Parental Rights” in Education Movement
Legislators across the United States are introducing bills to expand parents’ rights in schools, but is it really about parental empowerment, or is it an attempt to control our classrooms and kids? “PARENTS' RIGHTS have been... Read More
Living Humanist Values: The Ten Commitments
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF HUMANISM? How does one live as a humanist? Like many of you, I have read a plethora of articles and longer works defining humanism. Each proclaims a different emphasis highlighting various... Read More
What Makes An American?
As the Fourth of July rapidly approaches, red, white, and blue banners (as well as hundreds of tacky Independence Day-themed advertisements for bars and nightclubs) seem to be everywhere in our nation’s capital. While patriotic fireworks... Read More
Woman, Life, Freedom: One Year Since the Death of Jhina Mahsa Amini and the Eruption of the Iranian Revolution
On September 16, 2022, Iranian security forces brutally killed Jhina Mahsa Amini for allegedly wearing her state-mandated hijab improperly on her head in the capital city of Tehran. Importantly, Amini was Kurdish Iranian, an ethnic minority... Read More
Chapter Spotlight: The Legacy of the Magnificent Eight
This is the story of a small group of people who acted on their vision. It illustrates the progress, success, and unpredictability associated with transmuting ideas into concrete action. The article features some of the endeavors... Read More
The Dangers of Artificial Intelligence From Misinformation to Autonomous Weapons
Editor’s note: OpenAI’s now famous ChatGPT bot was used by the Humanist to generate this article as an experiment to discover what today’s AI knows and will tell about the dangers posed by AI technology. IN... Read More
The Dog Delusion
There was a time when "Dog is my co-pilot" was merely a fun slap at the "God is my co-pilot" bumper sticker, and it was funny precisely because nobody would ever think to elevate their dog... Read More
Almost Humanists? 6 “Spiritual But Not Religious” Celebrities
We all know celebrity atheists like Bill Maher, Ricky Gervais, and Angelina Jolie. But what about “spiritual but not religious” celebrities? With the “nones”—or religiously unaffiliated—being all the rage, who among them have let go of... Read More