From the stop sign to the laugh-cry emoji, symbols play a critical and ubiquitous role in everyday life. A forthcoming exhibition at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, “Give Me a Sign: The ...

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Voters standing in line at Precinct 36 as they wait to vote in the general election in Jackson, Miss. AP BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama voters reversed themselves from a few years ago and removed racist ...

Give Me a Sign examines the fascinating histories behind many of the symbols that instruct, protect, entertain, empower and connect people. Marking the 50th anniversary of the Symbol Sourcebook, this ...

Alabama voters reversed themselves from a few years ago and removed racist vestiges of segregation from the state constitution that courts long ago ruled unconstitutional. Rhode Island did a similar a ...

The new mural greeting visitors in the Institute of Contemporary Art’s lobby is a bit of a puzzle. Three colossal, brown heads anchor Nina Chanel Abney’s self-titled work, a site-specific piece for ...

The Coast Guard will remove divisive language from its new workplace harassment policy that downgraded the definition of swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to “potentially divisive,” Homeland ...