What do rainbows and swastikas have in common? They are both centuries old symbols that have been appropriated in recent times by cultural movements for political purposes. The swastika is an iconic ...

Nigeria’s Christian population grew by 25% to 93 million from 2010 to 2020. Today’s novels reflect its social complexity.

Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated every year in the United States on the fourth Thursday of November. In 2025, Thanksgiving falls on November 27. This day is observed to express gratitude ...

Analysis - In African literature, Christianity has usually been shown as a foreign religion brought to the continent by European missionaries and colonisers. But in the past few decades, Nigeria's ...

Prof Suresh Chander suresh.chander@gmail.com Hindu mythology stands out among the world’s major religious traditions for its extraordinary plurality of divine and semi-divine beings-devas, daityas, ...

The U.S. Coast Guard is scrambling to clarify proposed internal policy changes that appeared to loosen how the service branch handles the conduct within its ranks involving hate symbols including ...

In a stunning and hasty reversal, the U.S. Coast Guard announced late Thursday that swastikas and nooses are prohibited hate symbols — erasing an attempt to soften their definition after the plan ...

Did you know that Annandale has one of just 11 relics of St. Nicholas in the U.S.? There, Epiphany of Our Lord Byzantine ...

From the pretty-in-pink Alpha Kappa Alpha to the purple-and-gold Omega Psi Phi, the nine Black fraternities and sororities can be found stomping, clapping, chanting, dancing, and singing to signify ...

I grew up hearing stories of my ancestral belongings being burned down, but conducting my doctoral fieldwork made the weight ...

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Sabrina Carpenter has faced a wave of backlash from MAGA supporters after condemning the Trump White House for using her song 'Juno' in an ICE deportation video. The dispute has escalated, with ...