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113 texts, 112 of them analysed
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624
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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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Central Council of the Non-Confessional in Austria Sues the European Commission
Humanist
· 2026-09-10
· Zentralrat der Konfessionsfreien in Österreich
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The Central Council of the Non-Confessional is suing the European Commission to stop the discriminatory preferential treatment of churches in the ORF Act.
Justice · Truthfulness
— text from the website
Smiling into Resistance
Humanist
· 2026-09-10
· Berlin
· diesseits – Das humanistische Magazin
The text calls for meeting political threat through lived joy and positive humanist community as a form of resistance.
Community · Hope
— text from the website
Federal coercion against a federal state governed by the AfD?
Humanist
· 2026-09-10
· Peter Kurz
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The text analyses the constitutional options available to the federal government to act against a state governed by the AfD and warns of the political risks of federal coercion.
Justice · Community
— text from the website
World Suicide Prevention Day to Prevent Self-Killing
Humanist
· 2026-09-10
· Gita Neumann
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The text calls for suicide prevention that integrates constitutionally protected self-determined dying with crisis support, rather than pitting the two against each other.
Justice · Care · Truthfulness
— text from the website
When a Person's Life Shapes the Farewell
Humanist
· 2026-09-09
· Berlin
· diesseits – Das humanistische Magazin
A humanist funeral service honours the deceased's lived life through personal, open, and individual design.
Community · Care · Truthfulness
— text from the website
Encountering Death Before It Encounters Us
Humanist
· 2026-09-09
· Berlin
· diesseits – Das humanistische Magazin
A humanist workshop provides young people with knowledge about death and grief, aiming to reduce fears and foster dignity through collective action.
Knowledge · Community · Hope
— text from the website
Learning from the Dutch and Swiss Regulations on Suicide Assistance?
Humanist
· 2026-09-09
· Berlin
· diesseits – Das humanistische Magazin
Comparison of suicide assistance regulations in Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and other European countries, with a focus on legal and practical differences.
Responsibility · Care · Knowledge
— text from the website
Motivation: Love of Humanity
Humanist
· 2026-09-09
· Berlin
· diesseits – Das humanistische Magazin
Humanists ground the demand for self-determination at the end of life in love of humanity, compassion, and the right to dignity, supplemented by the demand for good palliative care.
Care · Community · Justice
— text from the website
Against Political Clericalism in Spain and Latin America
Humanist
· 2026-09-09
· Berlin
· diesseits – Das humanistische Magazin
Biography of the Spanish feminist Belén de Sárraga and her struggle against clericalism in Europe and Latin America.
Justice · Truthfulness · Knowledge
— text from the website
Election in Saxony-Anhalt: Against Reason and Human Decency
Humanist
· 2026-09-09
· Initiative Säkularität, Aufklärung und Humanismus Saarland (ISAH Saarland)
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The text criticizes the AfD's election victory in Saxony-Anhalt as irrational and warns of the consequences of division and exclusion.
Knowledge · Community · Justice
— text from the website
No Women on the Eiffel Tower
Humanist
· 2026-09-09
· Ralf Nestmeyer
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
A Hindu visit to the Eiffel Tower led to the exclusion of female staff, which is criticised in France as a violation of equality and Laïcité.
Justice · Truthfulness
— text from the website
More Taliban for More Deportations
Humanist
· 2026-09-08
· Oranus Mahmoodi
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The text criticizes the German government for politically legitimizing the Taliban through deportation deals and endangering Afghan refugees.
Justice · Care · Truthfulness
— text from the website
“Apocalypse no!”
Humanist
· 2026-09-08
· Giordano-Bruno-Stiftung
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The text introduces the 2026 bruno. magazine, which aims to replace apocalyptic thinking with confidence in the future and solution-oriented approaches.
Hope · Justice · Knowledge
— text from the website
When the evidence cannot be refuted, the institution that formulates it is delegitimized
Humanist
· 2026-09-08
· Udo Endruscheit
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The text describes how the CDC, after being politically stripped of power, loses its professional autonomy and evidence is replaced by institutional delegitimization.
Knowledge · Justice · Truthfulness
— text from the website
Time to Repeal the Islam Act
Humanist
· 2026-09-07
· Niko Alm
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The text calls for the repeal of the Islam Act and the termination of the concordat in order to fully privatize religion from state institutions.
Justice · Knowledge
— text from the website
Climate Protection: A Question of Worldview
Humanist
· 2026-09-07
· Inge Hüsgen
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
A study shows that universalist ethics increase the willingness to support concrete climate protection measures, while particularist attitudes diminish it.
Community · Responsibility · Knowledge
— text from the website
The End Times Are Near: JD Vance Wants to Fulfill God's Work
Humanist
· 2026-09-07
· Ralf Nestmeyer
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
JD Vance explains in a podcast that his politics could accelerate the end times, which he accepts as God's work.
Responsibility · Hope
— text from the website
A Woman Needs a Man as Urgently as a Fish Needs a Bicycle
Humanist
· 2026-09-07
· Berlin
· diesseits – Das humanistische Magazin
Gloria Steinem as a symbol of feminist self-determination and the freedom to shape relationships and family by one's own will.
Justice · Community · Truthfulness
— text from the website
Nurse and Fighter for Women's Self-Determination
Humanist
· 2026-09-06
· Berlin
· diesseits – Das humanistische Magazin
The text honors Margaret Sanger as a pioneer of family planning who, through her fight for women's self-determination over their own bodies, advanced equality.
Justice · Care · Knowledge
— text from the website
God's Money for the Election Campaign: How Trump's Commission Wants to Tear Down the Barriers Between Church and Politics
Humanist
· 2026-09-04
· Sebastian Schnelle
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The text criticizes Trump's Religious Liberty Commission as an ideological opinion that seeks to erode the separation of church and state in the United States.
Justice · Knowledge
— text from the website
The Accountants of the Church Congress
Humanist
· 2026-09-04
· Peter Kurz
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The text criticises the lack of transparency in the public funding of the 2027 Evangelical Church Congress in Düsseldorf.
Justice · Responsibility · Truthfulness
— text from the website
The Quiet Steadfastness of the FDA
Humanist
· 2026-09-03
· Udo Endruscheit
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The text praises the FDA for its political independence and its continuation of evidence-based approvals despite political tensions.
Responsibility · Knowledge · Justice
— text from the website
Recharging in Lived Diversity and Inclusion
Humanist
· 2026-09-03
· Berlin
· diesseits – Das humanistische Magazin
A report on the inclusive Vegan Camp Out festival in England, which makes inclusion, diversity, and care for all living beings practically experiential.
Community · Care · Justice
— text from the website
Fascism Expert: "We Must Stop Being Obsessed with Fascism"
Humanist
· 2026-09-02
· Luca La Mendola
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
Griffin calls for a precise definition of fascism and warns that the overextended term obscures the real danger of right-wing populism.
Knowledge · Truthfulness
— text from the website
When public institutions paint a picture of Muslim women that plays into the hands of Islamists
Humanist
· 2026-09-02
· Moritz Pieczewski-Freimuth
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The text criticises the portrayal of Muslim women wearing headscarves in public communication as reductive and conducive to Islamism.
Justice · Truthfulness · Knowledge
— text from the website
Does The Left Defame Evangelical Christians?
Humanist
· 2026-09-01
· Ralf Nestmeyer
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The author considers Rachel's accusation that The Left defames evangelical Christians to be questionable and advocates for more nuanced terminology.
Knowledge · Truthfulness · Justice
— text from the website
Overcoming Opposites: A Plea for Networking and Open-Minded Counseling
Humanist
· 2026-09-01
· Berlin
· diesseits – Das humanistische Magazin
A plea for an open-minded, regionally networked counseling network on end-of-life wishes and assisted suicide that acts preventively and provides information.
Care · Community · Knowledge
— text from the website
Confessional Religious Education – A Persistent Problem
Humanist
· 2026-08-31
· Hartmut Kreß
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The text analyses the constitutional and educational-policy problems of confessional religious education in Lower Saxony and Hamburg.
Justice · Truthfulness · Knowledge
— text from the website
Islamists and Right-Wing Extremists Against the Modern World: An Enlightenment-Oriented Volume by Sebastian Schnelle
Humanist
· 2026-08-31
· Armin Pfahl-Traughber
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
A review of a book that highlights the intellectual-historical commonalities between Islamism and right-wing extremism in their rejection of the political modern.
Knowledge · Truthfulness
— text from the website
The Wahl-O-Mat Brings Secular Topics into Discussion
Humanist
· 2026-08-28
· Peter Kurz
· Humanistischer Pressedienst
The Wahl-O-Mat increasingly asks about secular topics such as religious education and bans on symbols, which shows the political polarization between separation and partnership of state and church.
Justice · Knowledge
— text from the website
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