There may be a way out of corporate control of the internet, but it probably starts with money.

The West African grass was imported to sustain Caribbean sugar plantations, but it has turned against them, becoming a symbol of resilience and independence.

Climate activist attacks on works by van Gogh, Vermeer, and other art world titans are the latest in a tradition of destruction that hearkens to the early Christian zealots.

Capitalizing on stereotypes earned Chinese-American practitioners patients, but it also helped keep them confined to the margins of American society.

Few foods elicit such strong reactions as chili peppers. Why do we love something that hurts so much?

Despite royal prohibition, transmutation efforts continued underground long after the widely accepted dates for their demise.

Dragons began life as snakes, but natural historians gradually began describing them in more fantastical ways.

With the invasion of Ukraine, it seemed like sunflowers suddenly appeared on the political landscape. Yet they’ve long held symbolic and economic value in Europe.

West Germany’s “do no harm” approach to environmental protection—which became known as the precautionary principle—was revolutionary in its time.

Sound systems, as much as the automobiles themselves, symbolized upward mobility, social affiliation, and cultural identities.