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Rio Hondo Teacher Sues District Over Mandatory Prayer 
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Rio Hondo Teacher Sues District Over Mandatory Prayer
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Humanist Secures Workplace Accommodations from Personal AI Use on the Basis of His Beliefs Press Releases
Humanist Secures Workplace Accommodations from Personal AI Use on the Basis of His Beliefs
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AHA and FFRF file appellate brief against Ark. 10 Commandments monument Press Releases
AHA and FFRF file appellate brief against Ark. 10 Commandments monument
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New Federal Voucher Regulations a Christian Nationalist Cash-Grab Press Releases
New Federal Voucher Regulations a Christian Nationalist Cash-Grab
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American Humanist Association Formally Recognizes Staff Union Press Releases
American Humanist Association Formally Recognizes Staff Union
Rio Hondo Teacher Sues District Over Mandatory Prayer
BROWNSVILLE, TX. – Today, Juan Antonio Castillo – a former Spanish teacher at Rio Hondo Middle School, filed a federal…
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Letter: Congress, Protect the Religious Freedom of Service Members and Their Families
The American Humanist Association is leading a coalition of national religious, civil rights, and civil liberties organizations opposing an effort…
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Humanist Secures Workplace Accommodations from Personal AI Use on the Basis of His Beliefs
WASHINGTON – Citing his beliefs as a Humanist, a research administrator employed by the University of Kentucky, David Durman, requested…
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A Man Undaunted
Lou Appignani was a man undaunted. Lou, who passed on Wednesday, was the American Humanist Association’s biggest funder in our…
- Director's Note
Our Public Servants Must be Futurists
From Policy and Political Director Rachel Deitch So, in case you haven’t heard, there’s an election in less than a…
- Director's Note
AHA and FFRF file appellate brief against Ark. 10 Commandments monument
WASHINGTON – Two secular groups have filed an appellate court brief asking for a district court ruling against an Arkansas…
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New Federal Voucher Regulations a Christian Nationalist Cash-Grab
WASHINGTON – The following is a statement from American Humanist Association Executive Director Fish Stark in response to the Trump…
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American Humanist Association Formally Recognizes Staff Union
WASHINGTON – The American Humanist Association (AHA) leadership has voluntarily and unanimously recognized the AHA staff union, which represents workers…
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Sovereign minds and bodies
(10/2/2026) – I think about the Cornell Seven, and that drugging and gang-raping a woman isn’t enough to merit prosecution…
- Director's Note
Humanists understand beauty and morality, too
I was at the Aspen Institute’s Conference on Religion + Society yesterday, and one of the speakers said – as…
- Director's Note
Humanists built American democracy
I just got back from Michigan, and I need your help. This week, humanists around the country have been signing…
- Director's Note
Big ideas of the past, present & future
(9/4/2026) – Gloria Steinem died this week. She was a humanist, a courageous leader, and a warrior for civil rights.…
- Director's Note
How to help each other flourish
(8/28/2026) – “The pathos of man is that he hungers for personal fulfillment and for a sense of community with…
- Director's Note
Defending dignity means taking on risk
(8/21/2026) – Four years ago last Wednesday, Salman Rushdie was attacked at Chautauqua Institution as he spoke about free speech…
- Director's Note
We’ve got a bright future ahead of us
(8/7/2026) – The kids are all right. At the AHA, we stopped giving out scholarships a while ago. Not because…
- Director's Note
We’re freshening up
(8/14/2026) – Remember when Cracker Barrel changed their logo and the CEO got fired? I’m trying not to have that…
- Director's Note
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