From Universal Greeting to Cultural Minefield The handshake, once considered the gold standard of international greetings, ...
Jeff Swensen/Getty Two recent moments of audience participation at far-right political rallies have caused a stir, as hand gestures from the crowds were quickly perceived by outsiders as attacks on ...
Surveillance video of white supremacist mass shooter Dylann Roof entering the Charleston, S.C., Emanuel AME church on June 17, 2015. ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) has expanded and updated its ...
In a nod to its rich cultural heritage, Hawaii's State Legislature appears poised to designate the iconic "shaka" gesture as the island's official symbol, recognizing it as its birthplace. The shaka, ...
The Maya used "sign language" on an altar around 1,300 years ago, and these signs may represent important dates in the Maya Long Count Calendar, a new study claims. "This is the oldest text where, to ...
At last year’s Oscars ceremony, a number of celebrities, including Billie Eilish, Ramy Youssef and Mark Ruffalo, wore the red-hand pin provided by an organization called Artists4Ceasefire.