On Good Friday 1958, thousands gathered in London’s Trafalgar Square to protest nuclear weapons. They were responding to a string of test blasts conducted by the United Kingdom, the third nation to ...

For people who ride motorcycles, it can sometimes feel like the world is against you. Whether it's the unforgiving heat, slippery winter roads, or even just being around drivers who seem like it's ...

Thanks to my colleague Scott Klein for telling me that the Peace Sign, one of the most widely known symbols in the world, turns fifty this week. It was first displayed on home-made banners and badges ...

Editor’s Note: Shepard Fairey is a street artist, graphic designer and activist. This is an edited excerpt from “Peace: Photographs by Jim Marshall,” published by Reel Art Press. The peace sign has ...

The peace symbol originated as a sign based on an “individual in despair . . . in the manner of Goya’s peasant before the firing squad.” The symbol that would become synonymous with the Campaign for ...

According to Amazon.com 's " Best Sellers of 2015," a quarter of the top 20 were adult coloring books, with illustrator Johanna Basford's 2013, 96-page " Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and ...

When the now-iconic peace symbol was first designed by Gerald Holtom in 1958, it had a very specific meaning. Holtom was active in a British nuclear disarmament advocacy group, and he referenced the ...