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There Is Absolutely No Plan. Let’s Make One.

No one knows what’s going to happen next. This isn’t World War II, when the objectives were more or less clear and nations debated whether or not to get involved. Today, we’re navigating an uncharted world—fractured, volatile, and unpredictable. The…

From the Queens Community House to a World Community House

On Thursday, the Queens Community House held a celebration of its 50th anniversary. Executive Director Ben Thomases opened the event by recalling the organization’s origins—it was founded in response to community conflict in Forest Hills, where long-time residents clashed over plans for…

The Violence We Carry, The Future We Shape

We are living through a time of escalating crisis: a growing right-wing movement edging toward fascism, rising economic inequality, and expanding wars with no just resolution in sight—from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to Israel’s devastating war on Gaza. How did…

Will Israelis Repent for Gaza Genocide? Re-Humanization Takes Courage

The genocide in Gaza continues unabated as I write these lines. Belatedly, a few Israelis have begun decrying the starvation and mass murder that their army—a people’s army—has perpetrated since October 2023. These acts, supported by the majority of the…

No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is: Humanity’s Missing Project

Fragmented by nationalism and distracted by power games, humanity stands at a turning point. We face global crises that threaten our survival, yet we remain without a common purpose rooted in solidarity and mutual care. This—our failure to recognize our…

An Asking from the Heart

  This, I ask, and I ask- May the peace we all yearn for Reign finally in our hearts May it guide our thoughts and images Of how the world and life can be. No more bombings, no more wars…

The Quiet Revolution: Women, Power, and the Transformation of Our Time

The mainstream media seems to be waiting for a clash between Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and U.S. President Donald Trump. Both figures embody starkly different visions of the present moment. Sheinbaum, Mexico’s first woman president and a self-described humanist, enjoys…

PPFA Lauds Assam CM for Highlighting Hinglaj Shakti Peeth in Balochistan

Guwahati:  Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA), a northeast India-based forum of nationalist citizens, lauds Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for highlighting the importance of Hinglaj Mata Mandir in the Balochistan locality of south-west Pakistan, citing the link with Maa…

Pope Leo XIV: Dimitris Eleas’s words published by the New York Times and Washington Post

In America, for many hours, everyone was talking about the cardinal who was elected to succeed the good and virtuous Pope Francis. The surprise was—and still is—tremendous. “America is back!” I exclaimed instinctively. Fortunately, an American was elected, someone who…

Our utopia on the move

We publish here in full the paper presented at the closing session of the X International Symposium, organized by the World Center for Humanist Studies, by the humanist Antonio Carvallo: “Dear Friends of the Centre for Humanist Studies of the…

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