The symbol receiving attention in the aftermath of the June 17 killings in Charleston, S.C., is the now-disappearing Confederate flag. It is appropriate that the flag be relegated to the context of ...

Kirk O. Hanson is a senior fellow at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are his own. All human cultures use symbols to represent their core values and collective identity. We treasure most ...

The communications commissioner argues that times have changed and that the Strasbourg seat of the European Parliament no longer works as a positive symbol of Franco-German unity. Commissioner Margot ...

People are increasingly getting tattoos for various reasons, but their impact can be significant. Spiritual and astrological beliefs suggest that certain tattoos, like religious symbols below the ...