Articles – New Humanist

Editor's choice

Stories shape our world. A cognitive scientist explains how to understand our narrative brain and regain some agency

culture

Morgan Talty's debut novel is a powerful story of blood ties, and asks what it means to be Native American

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education & children

As conflict wracks the globe, two exhibitions offer a powerful vision of our shared humanity

faith & religion

Robert Prevost's election as Pope brought hope to reformers. But will he push for peace and resist ultra-conservative influence?

human rights & ethics

A new book reminds us that progress on abortion rights has never been linear

ideas

Effective altruism has suffered a blow, but the extreme ideas surrounding it have infiltrated some of our most powerful organisations

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mind, body & life

Are you constantly monitoring your body? Two books explore the peculiar world of health anxiety

politics & conflict

Two memoirs, from Basra and Ukraine, chronicle the lives of ordinary men pulled into war

rationalism, atheism & humanism

Lord Kinnock has spent half a century as a Labour politician. Now he is calling on the party to reclaim its humanist principles

science & technology

Science today is plagued by fake papers, profit incentives and unreliable studies. Meet the science sleuths bringing the truth to light