Sikivu Hutchinson is an accomplished author, creative, and community organizer. She’s the leader of Black Skeptics Los Angeles - a chapter of AHA - but her work doesn’t stop there. Sikivu is heavily involved in... Read More

A few weeks ago, in an online exchange with a colleague, my email responses were repeatedly blocked. The technical reason read: 550 5.7.1 Blocked by SpamAssassin. Getting blocked technically is something that happens to me... Read More

This is the first in a series of articles this month about alcohol and addiction that are part of the American Humanist Association’s Dry January Challenge. I spent more than ten years of my life sitting... Read More

Gay author and political commentator Andrew Sullivan has said that, when he came out to his family, his father wept. When he regained his composure, his father explained that he was just imagining what Andrew... Read More

I USED TO SCOFF when I heard sports commentators glorify a team’s supporters by saying things like, “Football is a religion for [team name here] fans.” How, I thought, is that an advertisement for them?... Read More

  “There was an old and solitary man who spent most of his time in bed. There were rumors that he had a treasure hidden in his house. One day some thieves broke in, they... Read More

Today (June 1) marks the fiftieth anniversary of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, widely regarded as one of the greatest albums of all time. AHA Arts Editor Daniel Thomas Moran takes an... Read More