“Computers aren’t capable of using common sense”
Q&A with journalist and software developer Meredith Broussard.
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Do human rights have a future? The summer 2018 New Humanist
Special report - plus Ha-Joon Chang on sci-fi, in defence of propaganda, ancient DNA and more.
Free speech and Malaysia’s ban on fake news
The Anti-Fake News Act leaves the question of what qualifies as fake news vague and ill-defined.
The activists working to roll back progress on sexual and reproductive rights
A Vatican-inspired network known as Agenda Europe is organising to overturn existing laws on divorce, abortion and LGBT rights.
Why do we venerate CEOs despite their obvious inadequacies?
Q&A with Peter Bloom and Carl Rhodes, authors of "CEO Society: The Corporate Takeover of Everyday Life".
“War is the way Americans learn geography”
Q&A with peace activist Medea Benjamin, author of the new book "Inside Iran".
Pakistani humanist refused asylum – for failing to identify Plato and Aristotle
Hamza bin Walayat has received death threats in Pakistan after renouncing religion.
What is the best way to tackle terrorism?
The controversy over Sara Khan's appointment as counter-extremism commissioner distracts from more fundamental questions.
“Secularism is under threat”
Q&A with Andrew Copson, chief executive of Humanists UK and author of "Secularism: Politics, Religion and Freedom".
The science of belief: a conversation
Scientists Colin Blakemore and Tom McLeish examine how the cognitive impetus that drove the emergence of science might be considered to be the same impetus that fostered religion and other…
“The women of the past have traditionally been caricatured”
Q&A with Jane Robinson, author of "Hearts and Minds:The Untold Story of the Great Pilgrimage and How Women Won the Vote".
