Sacred strokes of color on foreheads are a major display of Hinduism at India’s Maha Kumbh festival
A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. At the Maha Kumbh festival, ...
The Forward2d
Following Musk’s lead, ‘my heart goes out to you’ takes off as far-right catchphrase
"My heart goes out to you," the phrase Elon Musk said after his controversial hand gesture, now appears on Trump merch and in ...
Christian Science Monitor3d
An artist is lifting her city of Gary, Indiana, ‘from blight to bright’
Lauren Pacheco is inspired by this Midwestern underdog of a city and is looking to enliven what she calls its “remarkable ...
New York Magazine4d
To Do: January 29–February 12
Tristate-area rapper and producer MIKE mixes heady flows and intoxicatingly sample-based sound design on this new album, ...
Quebec’s Ban on Religious Symbols Will Be Tested at the Supreme Court
Canada’s highest court will decide whether a law that Quebec enacted in 2019, barring public-sector workers from wearing ...