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This will be my fourth decadal installment of a short report to The Humanist’s readers on the state of our global climate and of society’s attitude. It’s personal because during…
Kate Crawford, a research professor of communication at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, warned a crowd during a 2017 session at SXSW about the…
At Life’s Edge Lesley When I sit beside people as they take their final breaths and hold their hands, I feel their body softening, their pulses fading. When they recede…
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“Sometimes I think I have felt everything I am ever going to feel. And from here on out, I am not going to feel anything new — just lesser versions…
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I’ve always harbored a nagging suspicion that “Seinfeld” was never really about nothing — that beneath its deadpan humor and insistence on moral vacancy, it was, in fact, a deeply…
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Humanists Making a Difference is our regular series highlighting humanist professionals and the communities they serve. Learn more about the work of celebrants, chaplains, invocators, and lay leaders–and find an…
Travel. The word, the thought, stirred Harvey. But ‘stir’ is relative. The stirring was not vigorous. It was more like the gentle folding of berries into a batter. It stood…