Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Henry Darger worked as a hospital custodian. After his death in 1973, hundreds of his illustrations were discovered. Brooklyn ...

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In national consciousness and popular culture — from John Waters’ “Hairspray” to “Saturday Night Live” — Baltimore speech is populated with “hon,” the “O’s” and plenty of “Natty Boh.” Such ...

The woman’s voice is faint, low and barely audible as she identifies herself: R.C. Wombough. Such a statement would seem wholly unremarkable if not for the fact that R.C. — Rachel Cornelia — was born ...

In so many ways, the world has never been smaller than it is right now. From global trade and long-haul flights to Facebook and Google, systems operate across every continent with less friction than ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

As we pause this Anzac Day to remember the fallen and their mates, spare a thought for our native language that few outsiders ...

Dominique Moody, “Ancestral Praise House” (1996), mixed media (all images by the author for Hyperallergic) LOS ANGELES — My paternal grandmother died when I was five years old, before I could make a ...