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March 9, 2015 News, Press Releases

Humanist Group Defends Right of Maine Student to Sit Out the Pledge of Allegiance

The American Humanist Association continues its Pledge boycott to remove "under God."

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March 5, 2015 News, Press Releases

Uphold the Rights of Same-Sex Couples, Says Humanist Group to U.S. Supreme Court

The Appignani Humanist Legal Center has filed an amicus curiae brief on Obergefell v. Hodges.

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March 5, 2015 News

Foreign Aid Must Guarantee Access to Reproductive Health Services

Religious exemptions set dangerous precedent.

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March 2, 2015 News, Press Releases

Feminist and Skeptic Barbara G. Walker Publishes New Book from Humanist Press

Walker's collection of essays on religion's oppression of women is now available from Humanist Press.

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February 27, 2015 News, Press Releases

Statement on the Murder of Avijit Roy, a Humanist, Bangladeshi-American Blogger

In response to Avijit Roy's tragic death, AHA demands that Congress hold hearings on the persecution of nonbelievers.

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February 26, 2015 News, Press Releases

Humanist Group Files Lawsuit to Assert the Rights of Atheist, Humanist Inmates

The Appignani Humanist Legal Center advocates for a humanist prisoner in North Carolina.

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February 25, 2015 News

AHA Join Groups in the Call to Strengthen Care for Unaccompanied Children

Religious opt-out provisions must be eliminated.

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February 25, 2015 News

Coalition Continues to Oppose Changes to Title I Education Funding

Proposed changes would undermine help for poor and high-need students.

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February 12, 2015 News, Press Releases

Carnegie Mellon Presented with University Humanist Award

The American Humanist Association proudly recognizes CMU's student Humanist League.

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February 11, 2015 News, Press Releases

Statement on the Shootings in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

The American Humanist Association strongly condemns the fatal acts of violence committed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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