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FIRST PERSON | The Burden of Our Inheritances

by Peter Bjork • 28 March 2023

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

FIRST PERSON | Lemons or Lemonade – Reclaiming My Story

by Miriam Delaney Heard • 22 December 2022

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

FIRST PERSON | Where Did Bible Stories Come From?

by Herb Silverman • 29 March 2022

We know that the Bible is mostly fiction, but did you ever wonder how some of the incredible stories got into the book? As a child, the story of Noah made no sense to me.... Read More

Meet the New Executive Director: Nadya Dutchin

by Humanist Staff • 13 January 2022

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

FIRST PERSON | Trans Rights Are Humanist Values

by Sarah Ray • 12 October 2021

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

FIRST PERSON | Atheism and the Solitary Man

by Dale Wong • 1 September 2020

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

FIRST PERSON | The Other Self

by Amarjit Chopra • 28 April 2020

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

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