American colonies declaring their independence from Great Britain. One of the most enduring symbols of those “times that try ...

Saturday, July 5, 2025 at 1 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! This episode surveys the evolving meaning the Statue of Liberty has for a “nation of immigrants” and how it embodies our ...

Some symbols used by the Ku Klux Klan have cultural roots that are unrelated to hate. The Ku Klux Klan has been a presence in America on and off since Reconstruction in the late 1800s, using symbols ...

CHICAGO — Amid the American flags and Trump 2020 posters at the U.S. Capitol during last week’s insurrection were far more sinister symbols: A man walking the halls of Congress carrying a Confederate ...

Native American symbols have long caught the eye of non-Native designers, who are inspired by the bold graphics of artisanal Native American patterns. Imitation and inspiration, though, raise the ...

Three symbols of native America - the bison, the eagle, and the Native Americans themselves - have been endangered during recent decades. But, says commentator Harlan McKosato all three are making a ...

The symbols and images we see in our everyday lives can sometimes have very powerful meanings behind them. Take, for example, symbols of resilience and strength. For thousands of years, symbols of ...

Image has always been important to Donald Trump. Now the president says he’ll take on a decoration project at the White House he said the symbol of American government has needed “for 200 years” out ...

On the same day Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School announced it would be changing its logo from a Native American-like symbol to a knight, students at Toms River South donned tribal headdresses and ...