Gay Leaders, Atheists, Excluded From New Boy Scout Plan
If the Boy Scouts are truly a values-based organization, bigotry can’t be part of the program.
News 
Arizona Humanists: Thank State Rep. Juan Mendez For Coming Out As An Atheist!
Thank Rep. Mendez for his courageous actions and thoughtful words before the Arizona House of Representatives.
Humanist minister performs services for nonreligious
Missouri humanist celebrant Gale Fuller is the subject of this feature news article.
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In This Issue
A Magazine of Critical Inquiry and Social Concern
Free Speech Aflame: The Humanist Interview with
Greg Lukianoff
By: Marty Klein“If we’ve legislated politeness, and legitimized the idea that disagreeing with somebody could potentially hurt their feelings, why bother to discuss anything?” asks the president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE).
Not a Gentleman but a Scholar: Unsexing the Hallowed Halls of Academia
By: Magdalena KayWhy are academics in movies invariably men? Is there something masculine about scholarship or good writing, and will we ever manage to degender rationality itself?
Cheating Students: How Our Schools Fail the Humanistic Vision of Education
By: Tommy RaskinThe First-Prize Winner of the 2012 Humanist Essay Contest writes that cheating is just one symptom of a system “that throws learning under the bus and turns testing into a kind of religion.” PLUS: Check out our list of all the winning essays!
Leading by Example: A Conversation with AHA President Rebecca Hale and Humanist Activist Todd Stiefel
The American Humanist Association’s new leader discusses fundamentalism in Colorado Springs, her split with the Unitarian church, and her plans for the AHA, including enhanced programs for young humanists.
