Of the 2,000 Confederate symbols, 685 are monuments, the report found. Rivka Maizlish, a senior research analyst at the center , said the memorials still standing are the results of a “mass ...

The Yard pulses with celebration as the procession of advanced degree candidates begins. “Fair Harvard” plays over the loudspeakers, blending with the wail of bagpipes and a rising tide of ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The Kaamatan Festival and Gawai Day, celebrated from today until Monday (June 2), are proof that harmony, tolerance and consensus can unite the people of Malaysia as one big family ...

From angry cats to women in white dresses, here’s your guide to some of the most potent symbols of the women’s suffrage movement. White, purple, and yellow.

For indigenous people, everything from the word “America” to the insulting ways native symbols are used is a reminder of how those of European ancestry nearly killed a culture—and still ...

On Religion: For more than 26 years, Pope John Paul II traveled the world with a silver pastoral staff topped with a dramatic, abstract crucifix.

The Long and Fascinating History of Raccoons in North American Culture, From Symbols to Pets to Dinner. In the relationship between humans and raccoons, the black-masked mammals have played many roles ...

President Trump’s effort to punish Harvard over antisemitism is complicated by his extensive history of amplifying white supremacist figures and symbols. By Peter Baker Peter Baker, the chief ...

To most people they are the UK’s most beautiful, exotic-looking birds – symbols of elegance in country estates and formal gardens. To the people of Tutbury, they are ruthless, squawking ...

The decision was a victory, at least temporarily, in the university’s confrontation with the White House, which has sought to undercut its finances and influence.

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from Matthew Bunson’s new book, Leo XIV: Portrait of the First American Pope, from EWTN Publishing and available at EWTNRC.com. The pontificate of ...

On the other hand, it’s the U.S. and Europe, Diamond’s symbols of modernity, that tend to impose the greatest restrictions with their militarized borders and deportation regimes.