Last Fall, the AHA signed on to three Supreme Court amicus briefs in cases that involve issues central to humanist values. The first friend of the court brief was submitted in the reproductive rights case,... Read More

Humanists, atheists, and non-religious people in Sri Lanka face discrimination and persecution every day, especially if they come from a Muslim background. Even though Sri Lanka is not a Muslim country (the majority of the... Read More

This is a recurring series highlighting openly nonreligious elected officials across the nation. Prior to the 2016 election, there were only 5 public nontheist state legislators, however, because of the efforts of the Center for Freethought Equality, the... Read More

“Wuhan. Wuhan was catching on, coronavirus, kung flu, I could give you many, many names. Some people call it the Chinese flu, the China flu, they call it the China.” When the COVID-19 pandemic first... Read More

This is a recurring series highlighting openly nonreligious elected officials across the nation. Prior to the 2016 election there were only 5 public nontheist state legislators, because of the efforts of the Center for Freethought... Read More

As we celebrate the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and we hope for a peaceful transfer of power this week, we also celebrate the inauguration of something else: a committed public relationship... Read More

Coming from historically religious African American communities, Black atheists are routinely marginalized and stigmatized. Although the number of Black religious “nones” is growing, self-identified Black atheists are approximately three percent of the atheist population. This... Read More