Aufbruch, Erwartungen und Entwicklungen

Humanist · 2026-10-20 · Berlin · diesseits – Das humanistische Magazin

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Political Autumn Impressions

Humanist · 2026-10-19 · Berlin · diesseits – Das humanistische Magazin

The text analyses political dissatisfaction and deficits of justice in Germany and calls for trust-building reforms.

Justice · Responsibility · Truthfulness — text from the website

Petting Cats, Eating Pigs?

Humanist · 2026-10-15 · Berlin · diesseits – Das humanistische Magazin

Report on the introduction of animal ethics workshops to reflect on the keeping of farm animals in the humanist youth FEIER programme in Berlin.

Responsibility · Justice · Knowledge — text from the website

In the Midst of This World

Humanist · 2026-10-13 · Berlin · diesseits – Das humanistische Magazin

A hospice visit shows how finitude makes life more intense and how self-determination is made possible through the care of others.

Care · Community · Gratitude — text from the website

Conference of the Humanistische Akademie Deutschland: The End of Truth? Fake News and Humanism

Humanist · 2026-10-09 · Berlin · diesseits – Das humanistische Magazin

A conference of the Humanistische Akademie Deutschland addresses fake news, their causes, and the responsibility of science, media, and educational institutions.

Knowledge · Responsibility · Truthfulness — text from the website

The Extinguishing of the Stars

Humanist · 2026-10-07 · Kortizes · Humanistischer Pressedienst

Announcement of a lecture by Prof. Dr. Erwin de Blok on the finiteness of star formation and the gas reservoirs of galaxies.

Knowledge — text from the website

Bremen Regulates Religious Symbols in the Police Force

Humanist · 2026-10-07 · hpd · Humanistischer Pressedienst

Bremen bans religious symbols during police operations involving contact with citizens in order to preserve state neutrality, following a legal dispute involving a Sikh applicant.

Justice · Community — text from the website

Antisemitism among Muslims More Often Violent

Humanist · 2026-10-07 · Moritz Pieczewski-Freimuth · Humanistischer Pressedienst

RIAS analysis shows: Antisemitic incidents with an Islamist background are rarer but significantly more violent than average.

Knowledge · Justice · Truthfulness — text from the website

Let Us Strengthen What Binds Us Together

Humanist · 2026-10-06 · Berlin · diesseits – Das humanistische Magazin

Report and interview about the Bonn Citizens' Festival, which honours voluntary service as a pillar of democracy and social cohesion.

Community · Responsibility · Justice — text from the website

Frank S. Is Not an Isolated Case

Humanist · 2026-10-06 · Red. · Humanistischer Pressedienst

The text calls for solidarity with victims of chemical subjugation and demands stricter laws as well as greater societal visibility against networks of perpetrators.

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Be Indigned Properly!

Humanist · 2026-10-06 · Frank Nicolai · Humanistischer Pressedienst

Book presentation: Nouripour calls for reason-based responses, media literacy, and decency as countermeasures to societal division, rather than perpetual outrage.

Knowledge · Patience · Community — text from the website

Once baptised as a Catholic, stored in the baptismal register forever?

Humanist · 2026-10-05 · Clemens Lintschinger · Humanistischer Pressedienst

The text examines a CJEU case on the applicability of the GDPR to baptismal registers and criticises the linking of the right to erasure to psychological distress.

Justice · Knowledge — text from the website

The March of the Reichsbürger – Between Anger and Amusement

Humanist · 2026-10-05 · Luca La Mendola · Humanistischer Pressedienst

Report on the tenth Reichsbürger gathering in Darmstadt with large counter-protest and street blockades by counter-demonstrators.

Community · Justice — text from the website

A Shared Striving for Refinement and Perfection

Humanist · 2026-10-02 · Berlin · diesseits – Das humanistische Magazin

A biographical overview of Ludwig Urban, co-founder of the Berlin Urchristengemeinde, who placed religion as an inner essence above external forms.

Community · Justice · Knowledge — text from the website

How young orangutans learn affects their survival

Humanist · 2026-10-02 · Max-Planck-Gesellschaft · Humanistischer Pressedienst

A study shows that young orangutans acquire their dietary repertoire primarily through social learning, which secures their survival in the wild.

Knowledge · Community — text from the website

Extremists in the Party Environment of the Berlin Left

Humanist · 2026-10-02 · Sebastian Schnelle · Humanistischer Pressedienst

The text accuses the Berlin Left of tolerating or exploiting extremist pro-Palestinian actors with ties to the PFLP and Hamas during the election campaign.

Justice · Responsibility · Truthfulness — text from the website

How Hape Kerkeling Campaigns for a Ban Proceedings Against the AfD

Humanist · 2026-10-02 · Peter Kurz · Humanistischer Pressedienst

Hape Kerkeling campaigns in the Thuringian state parliament for a ban proceedings against the AfD, argues with the Nazi past, and appeals to the democratic parties to win back voters.

Responsibility · Community · Justice — text from the website

Legalist Islamistism Is a Problem

Humanist · 2026-10-01 · Stefan Laurin · Humanistischer Pressedienst

Susanne Schröter justifies the founding of her new institute to combat legalist Islamistism through public education and political education.

Knowledge · Justice · Truthfulness — text from the website

Conflict Consultation in Disputed Evaluations of Wishes for End-of-Life (Assisted) Death

Humanist · 2026-10-01 · Berlin · diesseits – Das humanistische Magazin

A plea for outcome-open suicide conflict consultation and for the equal recognition of self-determination and protection of life in the pluralist rule-of-law state.

Justice · Care · Knowledge — text from the website

Religion and LGBTQ: What Determines Whether Faith Protects or Harms?

Humanist · 2026-10-01 · Alexander Wolber · Humanistischer Pressedienst

A review study shows that religion can be both a risk factor and a protective factor for suicidality among LGBTQ people, depending on identity conflict, belonging, and personal significance.

Knowledge · Community · Justice — text from the website

What Good Is the Truth If No One Wants to Hear It?

Humanist · 2026-09-30 · Red. · Humanistischer Pressedienst

The REASON project shows that tailored, solution-oriented climate communication is more effective than pure alarmism in changing behaviour.

Knowledge · Hope · Truthfulness — text from the website

TERFs into the Elbe: When the Protest Itself Damages the Debate

Humanist · 2026-09-30 · Sebastian Schnelle · Humanistischer Pressedienst

The text criticises the way that loud protest and tribal language undermine the substantive debate about trans medicine for children and adolescents.

Justice · Community · Knowledge — text from the website

How the Confessions Voted in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Humanist · 2026-09-30 · Luca La Mendola · Humanistischer Pressedienst

An analysis shows clear differences in voting behaviour in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern according to religious affiliation, age, and gender.

Knowledge · Community — text from the website

"Animals for the Bin" and "Trough Instead of Plate": On the Value of Life in Animal-Based Agriculture

Humanist · 2026-09-29 · Berlin · diesseits – Das humanistische Magazin

The text criticises the systemic waste of animals and food in agriculture as well as the lack of transparency regarding mortality rates.

Truthfulness · Care · Knowledge — text from the website

A Problematic Visit: Pope Leo XIV in France

Humanist · 2026-09-29 · Ralf Nestmeyer · Humanistischer Pressedienst

The text analyzes Pope Leo XIV's visit to France in the context of the tension between Catholic doctrine, French laïcité, and political criticism of end-of-life assistance.

Justice · Truthfulness — text from the website

“Current AI is only a dangerous toy in the hands of humans”

Humanist · 2026-09-29 · Inge Hüsgen · Humanistischer Pressedienst

Malsburg argues that today's AI lacks abstraction and its own goals, and advocates for biologically inspired, socially integrated systems.

Knowledge · Responsibility · Humility — text from the website

World Contraception Day and Safe Abortion Day: No Reason to Celebrate

Humanist · 2026-09-28 · Jakob Purkarthofer · Humanistischer Pressedienst

The text calls for political measures to ensure full reproductive self-determination and criticises the failure to fulfil election promises as well as bureaucratic barriers in Austria.

Justice · Truthfulness — text from the website

The Roofer and the False Pension Model

Humanist · 2026-09-28 · Udo Endruscheit · Humanistischer Pressedienst

The text criticises the fact that the Pension Security Commission presents political value judgements on pension reform as the binding system logic of statutory pension insurance.

Justice · Community · Truthfulness — text from the website

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