Fish Stark

Dec 4, 2024 | thehumanist.com | Fish Stark

This article is excerpted from his Welcome remarks at the American Humanist Association’s 2024 Conference in September. LET’S GET THIS out of the way early: Fish is not my given name. My father, Fortney Hillman Stark Jr., rarely used his given name either. Most folks in the humanist and secular movements know him as Pete Stark—the first open atheist in Congress. That was how his family and friends knew him, too.

Dec 4, 2024 | thehumanist.com | Amy Goodman |Fish Stark |Karen Hao |Ted Chiang

Archive Amy Goodman received the Humanist of the Year Award at the American Humanist Association’s 83rd Annual Conference, held virtually in September 2024. The award recognizes a person of national and international reputation who, through the application of humanist values, has made a significant contribution to the human condition. Amy Goodman...

May 31, 2023 | capitalgazette.com | Fish Stark

Every kid deserves to feel safe and welcome at school so they can learn and thrive. Yet a politician in Anne Arundel County is pushing divisive, distracting new rules that would hold teachers back from supporting kids who need it most. The kids are not all right. We see it every day in our families and neighborhoods: Kids struggling with higher levels of depression, anxiety, hopelessness, and suicide than anyone can remember.