The latest from Jesus and Mo! The post The Comics Section: The Weight of Opinions appeared first on TheHumanist.com. The latest from Jesus and Mo! The post The Comics Section: The Weight of Opinions appeared first on TheHumanist.com.
Getting involved in your local community can be done in a variety of ways. Whether it’s volunteering at a food bank, attending a local humanist chapter meeting, or even participating in a rally, building relationships through your commitment to the common good is a great way to live out humanist values. As stated in the …
Activism 101 Training with The AHA,Peter Bjork,TheHumanist.com Read More »
I’ve written about the Do No Harm Act twice already this year. So, when I heard that Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) was going to introduce the bill in the Senate, I questioned whether or not it was worthwhile to write yet another update for theHumanist.com. But the answer came nearly as quickly as the question; …
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The new school year and the increasing dangers of the delta variant have caused another wave of debates about mask wearing. Although states and territories differ on their mandates, public health experts strongly encourage all people over the age of two to continue to wear masks. As advocates for science and compassion, humanists have many …
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Each season brings new opportunities to learn and grow with programs from the American Humanist Association Center for Education. For Fall 2021, we’re exploring the many ways humanists can reimagine and work towards a better future for all. Check out our offerings for September, October, and November. September The next quarterly Humanist Society teleconference will …
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The latest from Jesus and Mo and Cagle Cartoons! by John Cole, The Scranton Times-Tribune, PA The post The Comics Section: Infinite Kindness and Recounting the Summer appeared first on TheHumanist.com. The latest from Jesus and Mo and Cagle Cartoons! by John Cole, The Scranton Times-Tribune, …
Today we bring you our latest installment of “What Would a Humanist Do?”—offering multiple AHA staff opinions on reader questions. Because while humanists are committed to being good without a god, sometimes they need a little advice on how to pull it off. Q: A family member is undergoing a strenuous course of chemo and is especially immunocompromised during …
The documentary Pray Away (now streaming on Netflix) demonstrates the immense power of religious belief and its ability to destroy people’s lives. It follows survivors of conversion therapy and leaders from Exodus International, an organization created to forcefully persuade individuals to denounce their same-sex attractions and conform to a heteronormative life. The film profiles several individuals—including leaders …
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In my previous articles in this series, I introduced the White Rose movement, and how their guerrilla campaign of Covid conspiracy graffiti led members of the public into an online ecosystem of pandemic paranoia, in the shape of a busy network of overlapping Telegram groups. So while I initially joined The White Rose group, I …
When the filmmaker Nanfu Wang moved to the US from China, circa 2012, she was “attracted by the freedom”. She had never seen a protest. On a Christmas visit to her family, she was in Wuhan when the first reports emerged of an unknown virus that caused a pneumonia-like illness. In her new documentary, In …
