The Palestinian keffiyeh has been at the center of violent attacks in the U.S. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with dress historian Wafa Ghnaim about the keffiyeh's legacy and significance for Palestinians.

For many Americans, the Statue of Liberty, dedicated 135 years ago this month, is an enduring symbol of the idea that the United States is a nation of immigrants. Lady Liberty’s torch was the first ...

Discover why Idaho chose the Appaloosa as state horse and how this hardy, spotted breed still reflects the state’s identity.

Ninety-three percent of people with disabilities don’t use a wheelchair, even though the universal symbol that identifies this group is a person in a wheelchair. Liam Riddler, a creative at London’s ...

You may be familiar with the transgender flag, a five-striped flag consisting of the colors pink, blue, and white that is used by the trans community as a symbol of pride. But there is another ...

For years now, American police officers and members of various branches of the American military have used Marvel Comics’ Punisher skull logo as a symbol to represent their own personal ideologies ...

Here are two sides to the same story everyone's heard about Prince Rogers Nelson, who died Thursday at 57. You know the first; it's something of a legend. In 1993, Prince changed his name to a glyph.

Filmmakers Arthur Jones and Giorgio Angelini both bring very unique artistic backgrounds to the drawing table that led to the fruitful collaboration for Feels Good Man, which is Jones’ feature film ...

Looking for a Celtic knot symbol for your family or ideas for a Celtic symbol for a family tattoo? Here are some of the best Celtic symbols for family around. While there is no exact Celtic symbol for ...

As an undergraduate major in the Symbolic Systems Program at Stanford University, I had amazing opportunities to interact with scholars from a variety of disciplines, and also plenty of awkward small ...

The misuse of the word “logo” is one of those things that gets many design-minded people practically purple-faced with anger (a sibling to debate over “fonts” v. “typefaces”). A logo, they say, is not ...