To understand Islam, we need to understand its major divisions, Sunni and Shiite. One way to start is to grasp the dueling ...

From Grenfell Tower to ancient Mediterranean cities, we're still creating gods and shrines in unexpected places.

June 29th is one of the most significant days in the Orthodox Church’s calendar, as it commemorates the memory of the Holy ...

As the sun rose on the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, a crowd erupted in cheers at Stonehenge where the ...

A view of a section of the 1865 Juneteenth General Order No. 3 that is displayed by the Dallas Historical Society at the Fair Park Hall of State in Dallas, Friday, June 6, 2025.

The resulting Juneteenth holiday — its name combining “June” and “nineteenth” — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries. In 2021, President Joe Biden designated […] ...

So that that holiday always comes with a bittersweet tinge to it.” Is there a proper Juneteenth greeting? It’s typical to wish people a “Happy Juneteenth” or “Happy Teenth,” according to Alan Freeman, ...