Here's what you should know about the "OK" hand sign by now: In early 2017, a bunch of trolls on 4chan thought it would be funny to trick the media into claiming the "OK" hand sign - thumb and ...

The University of Nebraska has changed its mascot’s hand gesture after more than 47 years, the university said, after the traditional one became associated with racist groups. The Herbie Husker mascot ...

San Jose State said Thursday that it would be ending its official use of the “Spartan Up” hand gesture because of the way the “OK” hand gesture has been adopted by white supremacists. The gesture, ...

The hand gesture has evolved from its traditional use into a symbol used by white supremacists Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019 ...

It started out as a way to troll the so-called liberal media, borne out of alt-right posts on message board 4chan. Now, according to Jewish civil rights organization the Anti-Defamation League, the ...

When Gen Z officially came out against the thumb s-up emoji, it got us thinking about the thumbs-up gesture itself. Here in the United States, it remains an innocuous sign of affirmation. But it’s one ...

One of the many things that those who watched the Jan. 20 inauguration took away from the event was the behavior of those who ...

The billboard, on Interstate 85 near the exit for Duke University, shows the Duke Blue Devil raising its hands, knuckles together and thumbs out. It’s an iconic gesture in the university’s hometown.

The 16-year-old girl sat beside her alleged kidnapper, looking out the car window at the other people on the road — people who could save her, if they only knew what was happening. She couldn’t scream ...

The OK hand gesture, which was long used as a stamp of approval but has taken on new life as a mark of white supremacy in recent years, is among several new entries to the Anti-Defamation League’s ...