We publish New Humanist, a quarterly journal of ideas, science and culture.

The list names secularist writers and activists in the UK, Germany, US, Canada, and Sweden.

The Bill being debated by MPs on Friday is far from ideal, but it is the first glimmer of a more compassionate approach to personal choice.

Dr Malleshappa Kalburgi, who had received threats from Hindu hardline groups, shot dead.

A Q&A with social psychologist Richard Nisbett, who researches the processes of reasoning and decision-making.

The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.

Murder in Bangladesh; Julian Baggini gives a sermon; cities of the future; Frank Wilczek on physics; the strange death of TV satire; and more...

A Q&A with Hamid Dabashi, whose new book examines knowledge, power, and European dominance.

The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.

A Q&A with Jean-Pierre Filiu, whose new book examines the role of Arab dictators in encouraging jihadism.

The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.

Bonya Ahmed, widow of Avjit Roy, who was hacked to death earlier this year, will deliver a lecture in London on 2 July.

Accepting that we are governed not by free will but by the processes of the body could provide a positive vision for society.

Mark Lorch struggles to understand how some of his colleagues hold religious beliefs alongside a dedication to the scientific method.