Back-room’ councils which rule on Muslim marriages have been accused of misogyny and exploiting religious freedoms — and they are on the rise on the capital. David James Smith reports ...

Art is not a luxury of peacetime. It is a tool of survival in wartime. It documents. It dreams. It disrupts. And sometimes, ...

BMike Odums is using his art to amplify unheard voices and preserve New Orleans’s vibrant legacy. This story appears in the May/June 2025 issue of ESSENCE, on newsstands April 24.

OUTSIDERS looking in would think that RC Strasbourg and their fans are living the dream. The Ligue 1 side are enjoying a ...

Murals vary from delightfully simple to extraordinarily ... explore St. Emanuel Street and Leeland Street to stumble upon more gems, including the "Abstract Happy Beach Wall," which is as colorful ...

Graffiti in Berlin has become one of the city’s most celebrated and impactful art forms. Over the past few decades, street ...

The journey to find Moonville Tunnel is itself an adventure worthy of the opening act of a supernatural thriller. Nestled ...

For three years, neighbors have been dealing with trash, hypodermic needles, defecation, and graffiti inside the Grover ...

DEATH TO ISRAEL. INTIFADA NOW! Early Monday morning, these words were smeared onto the steps of University Hall and The Rock, hours after I departed a traditional Passover celebration at Hillel. On my ...

Steven Jiang rode the L to school in the Loop, never noticing the art all around. One day, he did. And gradually he came to ...