Humanist EDge: Dear Male Humanists, or a Feminist Manifesto in Ten Suggestions
Last fall I was granted a precious space to speak at an interfaith breakfast ahead of the Planned Parenthood Day of Action in Lansing, Michigan, as well as on an interfaith panel at the Women’s... Read More
Humanist EDge: Why Is Civics Education Needed?
Democracy requires citizen participation to ensure that it continues and works. Simply voting for a president every four years isn’t enough, and only slightly more than half of eligible voters did that much in the... Read More
Humanist EDge: What’s Wrong with Humanist Education in Schools?
Although humanism is becoming more widely recognized, humanist education is still a new concept to many both inside and outside the movement. When I tell people that I work in the American Humanist Association Center... Read More
Humanist EDge: Always More to Learn and Do
From an editorial internship with the Humanist magazine to becoming the development & communications director and senior editor of TheHumanism.com, I worked for the American Humanist Association (AHA) for twelve amazing years. Each year brought... Read More
Humanist EDge: The Value of Community
One of the biggest challenges facing us today is the idea that we can make it alone. Individualism is a major ingredient of things like white supremacy, resistance to universal health care, and our small... Read More
Humanist EDge: Yes, But What Is Humanism?
As the leader of a predominantly humanist Unitarian Universalist congregation, I am asked every day—both literally and by my actions—to define humanism. What is humanism? What do humanists believe? What do humanists do because we... Read More
Humanist EDge: Taking the Humanist Life Stance
Ron Millar is the coordinator of the Center for Freethought Equality and the Freethought Equality Fund PAC (political action committee). He has spent more than thirty years in the Washington, DC, area working for nonprofit education and... Read More