A quarterly magazine of culture and science, published since 1885. New Humanist is for anyone who wants to understand the ideas, conflicts and systems shaping our world - climate, capitalism, technology, fundamentalism, struggles for equality and more. We produce a beautiful magazine once every three months full of serious, intelligent essays and reportage.

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Latest issue

NATIONS: WHAT ARE THEY GOOD FOR?
- Peter Salmon on who belongs and who doesn't
- Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor on imagined communities
- Shira Rubin on religion and identity
- David Wearing on the international order
- Phil Miller on the myths of Empire

Also in this issue:
Marcus Chown's "Cosmos" column
Samira Ahmed on the uses and abuses of nostalgia
A new weapon in the fight against antibiotic resistance
Who really benefits from wearable health apps?
The threat to abortion rights in Trump's America
Our obsession with true crime television
Peterloo, 200 years on
Elvis and the myth of the rock god
Artificial Intelligence in the year of Blade Runner
The pioneering feminists of the Rational Dress movement
Book reviews, cryptic crossword and more...