How might the flourishing life and human sciences change humanism? Looking back a century, the humanism of 1900 was an optimistic vision informed by the steady march of physical science and inspired vaguely by the…
Science and the Future of Humanism
Creating a Caring Economy
The argument of Capitalism versus Socialism fails to recognize that both are rooted in domination systems that devalue the work of care in both the formal and informal economic sectors. Instead we need an economic system…
UFOs Are All The Rage!
Sidewalk Science, a twice-monthly YouTube broadcast by the Prairie State Humanists Chicago Chapter of the AHA, will join Critical Minds to discuss the plausible earth-bound explanation for UFOs and space aliens visiting us. They will look…
Hope in the Fight for Children’s Literacy
Primed to address how educational inequities along race and class lines have compounded during the COVID-19 pandemic, Bailey is an imperative voice to heed around the future of educational policy reform. Timed to publish just…
Justice-Centered Humanism
Humanists are quick to defend threats to the separation of church and state, but they have not always been consistently unified in engaging with pressing issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality—namely, those linked to…
Mental Immune Collapse: Mind-Parasites and the Roots of Mass Irrationality
Why are ideologies poisoning public discourse? Why is extremism on the rise? How did we get here, and what can we do about it? It turns out some influential assumptions are suppressing our culture’s “immune…
What Can We Learn About Being Human From Life Online?
For much of history, humans have grappled with questions of meaning and belonging within institutions like churches and civic groups. Today, more and more people are leaving religious and other communal institutions and moving their search for connection and significance to…
Addressing Indigenous Health Disparities
Indigenous people experience disproportionately high rates of chronic diseases today. Addressing Indigenous health disparities requires a critical analysis of federal policies and actions historically and currently, as well as a move to privilege the voices,…
Community Impact of Humanist Schools in Uganda
Learn about the Isaac Newton High School, which we believe is the first successful humanist school in the world. This talk presents the circumstances of its establishment, its growth, and effects on the lives of…
Intro to Reproductive Justice and Intersectionality
This session introduced attendees to an intersectional analysis of race, class, and gender politics. Using a human rights analysis, facilitators explained how reproductive justice differs from the pro-choice/anti-abortion framework. Attendees learned about the history of…