On August 4th - 6th, more than 400 humanists from around the globe attended the 2023 World Humanist Congress in Copenhagen. The Congress is typically held every three years but, because of world events (including... Read More

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... Read More

In her classic novel, Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison exhorts, “Stop sniveling. Stop picking around the edges of the world. Take advantage, and if you can’t take advantage, take disadvantage.” Before I could take advantage... Read More

Nadya Dutchin joined the American Humanist Association (AHA) as the organization’s new Executive Director in December 2021. AHA Deputy Director and Humanist magazine editor Nicole Carr conducted this interview with her during her first week... Read More

Despite more than 250 anti-GSRM (Gender, Sexual, and Romantic Minorities—a more inclusive alternative for LGBTQIA++) bills filed already in states across the US in 2021, we “rainbow people” do still have a lot to be... Read More

Over the past seven years I’ve written a number of letters to the editor of this magazine and have been fortunate in that about a dozen were published, along with a book review in 2016.... Read More

This morning was much like all the others since she’s been gone. I feed the dog. Go out with him to greet the day. Smokey goes out to the backyard; I stay in the greenhouse.... Read More