A plane crash, an unusually named store, and a celebrated coin caught my attention this week. A common theme of these events was symbolism. This week, I reflect on symbols of peace, and symbols of war ...

In 1916, in the middle of the Great War, 2nd Lieutenant Leonard (Len) James Shaw of the 2nd Auckland Battalion sent a pressed Flanders poppy in folded paper to his niece Jessie Osborne in Waikato.

The red poppy, or Remembrance Poppy, has been a symbol of lives lost to war since World War I (1914–1918). Also known as Memorial Day poppies, these artificial flowers actually play a big part in the ...

Sitting in the comfort of your home, watching the news on TV, the war in Iraq sounds like just another global event, another ...

Years before Colin Kaepernick took a knee, these people stood up. Black and white, male and female, enslaved and free, they publicly opposed racism and violence and fought for freedom and equality.

JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank — All actor Jamal Abu Joas could think about, as Israeli soldiers beat and dragged him out of his house last month, was a recent play performed at the theater where he ...

The red poppy, or Remembrance Poppy, has been a symbol of lives lost to war since World War I (1914–1918), and it plays a big part in the history of Memorial Day. Sales of red poppies benefit veterans ...