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121 texts, 120 of them analysed
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624
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358
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209
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199
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137
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121
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118
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29
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22
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Voting for the AfD: Despite or Because of the Right-Wing Extremists?
Humanist
· 2026-09-25
· Moritz Pieczewski-Freimuth
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The text calls for a nuanced approach to the AfD: acknowledging voter frustration while drawing a clear line against right-wing extremist and pro-Russian influences.
Justice · Responsibility · Truthfulness
— text from the website
New Perspectives and the Same Executive Board at the Central Council of the Non-Confessional
Humanist
· 2026-09-25
· Zentralrat der Konfessionsfreien
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
Report on the strategy retreat of the Central Council of the Non-Confessional in Erfurt, featuring workshops on reproductive self-determination and non-denominational schools, as well as elections and funding resolutions.
Justice · Community · Knowledge
— text from the website
The Development of a Humanist-Existential Chaplaincy Across Europe
Humanist
· 2026-09-25
· Berlin
· diesseits – Das humanistische Magazin
The text describes the professionalization of humanist-existential chaplaincy in Europe through common standards and accreditation frameworks.
Community · Responsibility · Knowledge
— text from the website
Court overturns media access bans to the White House
Humanist
· 2026-09-25
· Luca La Mendola
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
A US federal court temporarily lifted Trump's access bans on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico to the White House after the media outlets successfully sued.
Justice · Truthfulness
— text from the website
A Billy Goat and Football Boots Instead of a Crucifix
Humanist
· 2026-09-25
· Peter Kurz
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The text documents the shift towards secular gravestones on German cemeteries as an expression of societal individualization and secularization.
Truthfulness · Community
— text from the website
Safe and legal abortions NOW!
Humanist
· 2026-09-24
· Giordano-Bruno-Stiftung
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The text calls for the decriminalization of abortions and criticizes religious-political influences on reproductive self-determination in Germany.
Justice · Knowledge
— text from the website
Assisted Dying, Laws, and a Fight That Is Not Yet Over
Humanist
· 2026-09-24
· Frank Nicolai
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The text documents the path to the repeal of Section 217 of the German Criminal Code and warns that the fight for self-determination at the end of life is not yet over.
Justice · Truthfulness
— text from the website
Assisted Suicide in the Context of Autonomy and a National Prevention Act
Humanist
· 2026-09-23
· Berlin
· diesseits – Das humanistische Magazin
The text analyses the conflict between suicide autonomy and the state's duty to prevent suicide in Germany following the Federal Constitutional Court ruling of 2020 and the planned Prevention Act of 2026.
Care · Community · Justice
— text from the website
South Korea Plans to Approve the Abortion Pill
Humanist
· 2026-09-23
· Inge Hüsgen
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
South Korea plans to approve abortion pills in order to create a state-provided framework and overcome a backlog of reform.
Justice · Care
— text from the website
What Did Netanyahu Know?
Humanist
· 2026-09-23
· Sebastian Schnelle
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
A Haaretz investigation raises questions about whether Netanyahu was warned before October 7 and failed to pass on the information.
Truthfulness · Responsibility · Knowledge
— text from the website
Those who speak of 'protection of life' must also mean the living
Humanist
· 2026-09-22
· Frank Nicolai
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The text reports on a Berlin demonstration for sexual self-determination that extends 'protection of life' to the living and their self-determination.
Justice · Care · Truthfulness
— text from the website
The Problem Is Not Rebellious AI, but One That Wants to Do Its Job Too Well
Humanist
· 2026-09-22
· Paul Adrich
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The danger of AI lies not in rebellion, but in the strict following of commands that leads to unethical means.
Responsibility · Knowledge · Justice
— text from the website
LGBTQ Scene Under Pressure: Raids and Arrests in Turkey
Humanist
· 2026-09-21
· Luca La Mendola
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
Nationwide raids against LGBTQ organisations in Turkey led to dozens of arrests and protests; the text situates the events within a longer series of state repression.
Justice · Community
— text from the website
The Elevation of a Fundamentalist Actor
Humanist
· 2026-09-21
· Moritz Pieczewski-Freimuth
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The text criticises the Ahmadiyya movement, which is considered open to the world, for its internal fundamentalist and homophobic positions as well as their political instrumentalisation.
Truthfulness · Justice
— text from the website
Church Congress: Field Beds and Sleeping Mats in 64 Schools
Humanist
· 2026-09-18
· hpd
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The Church Congress in Düsseldorf is occupying 64 schools with field beds for 5,000 volunteers, resulting in lost teaching days and costs in the millions for the city's community.
Justice · Knowledge · Community
— text from the website
Demonstration for Sexual Self-Determination and the Protection of Reproductive Rights in Berlin
Humanist
· 2026-09-18
· Red.
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The text announces a demonstration for the decriminalization of abortion and reproductive rights in Berlin.
Justice · Community
— text from the website
“Let the AfD Disenchant Itself in Power” – What to Make of This Frequently Heard Idea
Humanist
· 2026-09-18
· Peter Kurz
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The text refutes, with empirical data and concrete scenarios, the assumption that the AfD would disenchant itself in power.
Justice · Community · Knowledge
— text from the website
Plausible Deniability for Voter Bases
Humanist
· 2026-09-17
· Sebastian Schnelle
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The text accuses the Berlin Left Party of using plausible deniability to avoid alienating radical voter bases.
Justice · Responsibility · Truthfulness
— text from the website
Can Artificial Intelligence Save the State? A Debate Between Hope and Dystopia
Humanist
· 2026-09-17
· Berlin
· diesseits – Das humanistische Magazin
A debate about AI as a possible tool against the German state crisis, which positions AI neither as a saviour nor as a threat, but as a tool with clear limits.
Knowledge · Responsibility · Justice
— text from the website
Violation of "Day of Silence": Prison Sentence for Swiss Tourist on Bali
Humanist
· 2026-09-17
· Inge Hüsgen
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
A Swiss tourist was sentenced to one year in prison on Bali for disparaging the Hindu New Year festival Nyepi in a social media story.
Humility · Justice · Repentance
— text from the website
Scientific Temper Appoints International Advisory Board
Humanist
· 2026-09-16
· Red.
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
Scientific Temper appoints an international advisory board from science, skepticism, and education to support the organization in an advisory capacity.
Knowledge · Community · Truthfulness
— text from the website
Rejected as an Islamic religion teacher — because of a missing headscarf?
Humanist
· 2026-09-16
· Luca La Mendola
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
A case in Austria shows how religious communities can discriminate in religious education, and argues for state neutrality.
Justice · Truthfulness
— text from the website
After the Anhaltine Break: How to Proceed with the Reforms?
Humanist
· 2026-09-15
· Berlin
· diesseits – Das humanistische Magazin
In light of the AfD's success in Saxony-Anhalt, the text argues for improving the reform packages with a focus on justice and parliamentary debate.
Justice · Community · Knowledge
— text from the website
When No One Is There Anymore
Humanist
· 2026-09-15
· Berlin
· diesseits – Das humanistische Magazin
The text criticises staff reductions in infrastructure and care, as this shifts work onto citizens, and calls for people-centred systems.
Community · Care · Justice
— text from the website
Podcast Conversation • Jutta Hübner • From Acupuncture to Zeolites – A Forensic Journey Through Pseudomedicine
Philosophical
· 2026-09-15
· Kortizes – Institut für populärwissenschaftlichen Diskurs
· Nürnberg
· Kortizes – Institut für populärwissenschaftlichen Diskurs
Integrative oncology combines evidence-based medicine with meaningful support, distinguishes itself from pseudomedicine, and promotes patients' self-efficacy.
Knowledge · Care · Truthfulness
— machine transcript of a recording
Ratko Mladić: A State Funeral and a Mass for the War Criminal
Humanist
· 2026-09-15
· Ralf Nestmeyer
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The text describes the state funeral of war criminal Mladić by the Serbian Orthodox Church and the resulting criticism of the connection between church and nationalism.
Justice · Responsibility · Truthfulness
— text from the website
The Bible Is Not a Reliable Testimony to the Existence of God
Humanist
· 2026-09-15
· Hugo Stamm
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The text disputes the Bible's evidence for the existence of God and explains religious beliefs as human projections and cognitive biases.
Knowledge · Truthfulness
— text from the website
Education Without a Welfare State
Humanist
· 2026-09-14
· Udo Endruscheit
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The text argues that the German education crisis is not a pedagogical failure but a failure of the welfare state: without stabilized families, no educational republic can exist.
Justice · Care · Knowledge
— text from the website
Trump and MAGA – A Fascist Phenomenon?
Humanist
· 2026-09-14
· Luca La Mendola
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The text argues that while Trump and MAGA exhibit nationalist and authoritarian traits, they cannot be classified as fascist in the historical sense.
Knowledge · Justice
— text from the website
Thoughts on the 25th Anniversary of the September 11 Attacks
Humanist
· 2026-09-11
· Werner Röhrig
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The text describes 9/11 as a fusion of religious absolutist claims and the calculus of power, and calls for the protection of reason and human dignity.
Knowledge · Justice · Truthfulness
— text from the website
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