Images of the light blue Puerto Rican flag and several coastlines speak to the star's broader political views of the island's ...

Holi, the festival of colours, is one of the most joyful and widely celebrated festivals in India. It marks the victory of ...

Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In the fall of 1984, when I was a senior in high school in Washington, DC, the protests ...

“It is a thing the essay loves: to tend, carefully, painstakingly, to the fact of the world,” A. Kendra Greene writes in “No Less Strange or Wonderful,” her new book of essays.

But what explains why some iconic logos, like the Nike swoosh or McDonald's golden arches, stick in our memory while others are forgettable? The secret lies in the strategic use of symbolism. Symbols ...

It goes way beyond tax havens and offshore banking. Enterprising countries have figured out how to put their legal systems at the disposal of corporate interests. The identity of the ...

Currency symbols are more than mere symbols—they are the gateways to understanding the global financial landscape. As world citizens, we encounter currency symbols daily, whether planning a trip ...

There’s too much news and too little context. At Vox, we do things differently. We focus on helping you understand what matters. We don’t obsess over being the first to break news. We focus on ...

A key thread Gandhi, more than anyone else of his time, I would argue, understood the power of symbols. British anthropologist Emma Tarlo, in her 1996 book Clothing Matters: Dress and Identity in ...

With the multifaceted symbolism unspooling before me, I felt compelled to break down the brilliant complexities. Here’s my take: The performance began with an aerial shot of the darkened ...