Adventures in Humanist Community

A week-long retreat for future humanist leaders, July 21-28 in Highlands, NC - sign up today!

Humanist Retreat

July 21-28

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Videos & Photos from the AHA Annual Conference

Our annual conference may be over, but you can still videos & photos of our events, talks & award sessions online!

Annual Conference

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LGBTQ Humanist Council

Find support and speak out with one voice on issues of concern to the LGBTQ humanist community through the LGBTQ Humanist Council.

LGBTQ Humanists

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News

Atheist Applies For U.S. Citizenship, Told to Get Letter From a Church

Immigration Officials Deny Secular Conscientious Objector Status, Says Humanist Legal Center

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Don't Be Fruitful and Multiply

AHA Exec. Dir. Roy Speckhardt looks at the effect of religion on population growth.

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Support Humanist Chaplains In The Military

Thank your representative for fighting for non-religious service members.

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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 Kay
Why 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 Raskin
The 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.

MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR: Remembering Humanist Rights on World Humanist Day

50 Years of Church-State Separation in Public Schools: An Interview with First Amendment Champion Ellery Schempp

Is Bradley Manning Really a Humanist?

Plan B: Empowering Girls and Upsetting Pundits