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What's the point of politics? @jamesrball.com explores an age-old question - and how it affects us today

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A new book explores the rise and fall of English Catholic public schools

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When things go wrong for dictators, they tend to go wrong two ways – really badly, and really quickly

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✨ New online: @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social visits an exhibition of objects from the French Revolution at @museecarnavalet.bsky.social - and finds echoes of today's volatile world

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"It’s strange to think that, because of the technologies they are made from, some art from the recent past may well disappear far sooner than paintings and sculptures that predate them by centuries"

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In memory of Caspar Melville, New Humanist's editor from 2005 to 2013

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Poking around in the @newhumanist.bsky.social archives, I decided to see what the magazine was talking about exactly 100 years ago. Refuting spurious claims of a religious revival in UK, reporting Christian nationalism in US, pushing back on attempts to restrict birth control. How times change...

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Labour’s feud over child benefits points to a deeper question: how to balance strategy with doing the right thing #politics #UKpolitics

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"We’ve settled on these versions of representative democracy, which themselves were compromises, then assumed that this is as good as it gets. I don’t think that’s right." Could we make our democracies better?

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Have you been hearing a lot about narcissists lately? Us too. Let's unpick the science from the pop psychology

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Once you've become a tyrant, it's hard to stop

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New Humanist has been dedicated to publishing independent, evidence-driven, non-profit journalism since 1885 - and it's needed more than ever. Help us to continue our work by subscribing today, from just £10:

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When Mansour Omari was released from detention in Syria in 2013, he smuggled out the names of 82 fellow prisoners. What became of them? After the fall of Assad, he's searching for answers. Photo © Richard Ansett

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Why is everyone suddenly talking about narcissists?

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Opposing ideas about antisemitism threaten to split the anti-racist movement. A new book seeks to bridge the divides

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🐒 Things we learned in the latest issue of New Humanist: "Laughter" has been reported in at least 65 animal species, according to a 2021 literature review. Pick up the magazine to read about the growing evidence that animals have a sense of humour:

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“Economic [policy] is not enough. I still have to work three jobs. The state is totally absent for us.” A year in to his presidency, we spoke to Argentines about life under their "maverick" leader Javier Milei

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"I would replace the House of Lords with a House of the People": @dhnnjyn.bsky.social's radical proposal for British democratic reform: #politics #democracy

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How citizens' assemblies could transform our democracies

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Narcissists seem to be all around us, but is this psychological disorder really on the rise?

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A digital subscription to New Humanist includes access to our full, 140-year archive, with exclusive contributions from some of the greatest thinkers of the 20th and 21st centuries. All of that for just £10. Subscribe now: newhumanist.org.uk/subscribe

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A little over a year ago, Argentina's radical, chainsaw-wielding new president took power. What's happened since then? We travelled to Buenos Aires to find out

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Labour’s feud over child benefits points to a deeper question: how to balance strategy with doing the right thing

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Very sad to hear about the death of Caspar Melville: a good colleague and sparring partner and a wonderful editor of @newhumanist.bsky.social newhumanist.org.uk/articles/640...

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Now online, my piece for @newhumanist.bsky.social Why is everyone suddenly talking about narcissism? And do we really know what we’re talking about? newhumanist.org.uk/articles/6396

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Nice piece on narcissism and politics in @newhumanist.bsky.social with some quotes from yours truly #narcissism #darkpolitics newhumanist.org.uk/articles/6396

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Yes, Javier Milei has slashed Argentina's crippling inflation rate during his first year in power - but poverty has soared

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When Mansour Omari was released from detention in Syria in 2013, he smuggled out the names of 82 fellow prisoners. What became of them? After the fall of Assad, he's searching for answers. Read our interview, with a photo portrait by Richard Ansett:

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How an eclectic collection of prophets, pastors and Messianic rabbis helped bring Trump back to power

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Opposing ideas about antisemitism threaten to split the anti-racist movement. A new book by seeks to bridge the divides

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Is it a planet or not? A new discovery gives us more information about GJ 504 b, writes @briles34.bsky.social

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"Soon enough, the shroud will cover everything; there will be no divide to mediate between the virtual and real worlds. The technology people use will be indistinguishable from the people who use it". A thought-provoking read from @davidmcallister.bsky.social

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✨ New online: "I would replace the House of Lords with a House of the People": @dhnnjyn.bsky.social speaks to @nikisethsmith.bsky.social about how to revive Britain's democracy

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Exciting news! After more than a century of collaboration, we have officially merged with the Rationalist Association. We are now the publishers of the fantastic @newhumanist.bsky.social magazine, strengthening the voice of humanism in the UK during turbulent times. humanists.uk/2025/03/13/n...

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This posthumous collection of writings by the Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer serves as a personal record of the atrocities experienced in Gaza

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"When you are tortured daily, the end of your life is salvation": Mansour Omari on what life was like in Assad-regime detention centres Photo credit: Richard Ansett

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A digital subscription to New Humanist includes access to our full 140-year archive, with exclusive contributions from some of the greatest thinkers of the 20th and 21st centuries. All for just £10. Subscribe now:

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Meet the prophets and televangelists guiding Trump

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A new study adds to the evidence that obesity isn't about will power

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Under Javier Milei, poverty in Argentina has risen and protests have been violently repressed. Yet as of December, he still had the second-highest approval rating in the world

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My latest for the @newhumanist.bsky.social – inside this (extremely worth seeing) show of early digital art at the Tate!

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Sometimes, a good guess is the key to scientific discovery

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Inside our Spring 2025 issue: ⛪️ Meet the prophets and televangelists guiding Trump ✊ Find out how to topple a tyrant 🗳️ Ideas for fixing our democracies 🪞 Tips for surviving the age of the narcissist Find out more: #politics #journalism #magazine #longreads #democracy

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Argentinians weigh the cost of their president's economic gamble

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To many evangelicals, Trump is not just a president but a messiah. How did he gain such mythic power, and where will it lead? #religion #politics #democracy

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"I’ve been advocating for all the arbitrarily arrested detainees, all political prisoners, to be freed. And suddenly they are all free – except for the tens of thousands who disappeared for ever"

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✨New online: During his first year in power, Argentina's 'maverick' President Javier Milei has slashed inflation, while railroading rights and increasing poverty. Is his big bet worth the cost? Sam Meadows reports from Buenos Aires

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A groundbreaking device could revolutionise lithium extraction

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⛪️ Things we learned in the new issue of New Humanist: Before 1990, at least 90% of Americans identified as Christian. Now, that has dropped to around 66%. Read our cover feature on the rise of Trump, and what religion's got to do with it:

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