Bangladesh’s student revolution unleashed chaos and sectarian violence. Can the coming elections renew its democracy?

As white Christian nationalists seek to reshape the United States, we hear from the frontlines of the resistance ...

It’s been a month or two since we got back. Out dog walking, I bumped into one of my neighbours who had been on the trip.

Palestinian literature is going through a very exciting juncture. There are so many new voices coming out. It’s like a dam is ...

This piece accompanies Marcus Chown's feature on the discovery of cosmic background radiation, from the Spring 2015 edition of New Humanist. Perhaps the most famous accidental discovery of all is ...

This article is a preview from the Spring 2015 edition of New Humanist. You can find out more and subscribe here. I’d arranged to meet the sorceress at 4pm, but I was running late. Hurrying past ...

For many generations in societies shaped by Christianity, monogamy has been the almost undisputed champion of relationship norms. In Britain and the US, it has been held up as the dominant – really ...

Buddhism is often seen as the acceptable face of religion, lacking a celestial dictator and full of Eastern wisdom. But Dale DeBakcsy, who worked for nine years in a Buddhist school, says it's time to ...

Image from Seamless Transitions, a short film about the UK's immigration detention system by James Bridle, on show at the Photographer's Gallery, London, until 15 April. This article is a preview from ...