Aleda Nelson’s interest in the Baha’i Faith began when she spotted a billboard at the corner of Maryland Parkway and Flamingo Road. “It said, ‘One Planet. One people. Please,’ ” she recalled. “I had ...

Chicagoans is a first-person account from off the beaten track, as told to Anne Ford. This week’s Chicagoan is Baha’i follower Lucia Pane. Whenever I mention the Baha’i faith, people look at me like, ...

The Baha’i faith community calls it Race Unity Day. It’s also known as Race Amity Day, and wherever there is a Baha’i community, the day is celebrated on the second Sunday of June, including at Fort ...

Want to stay current with Arthur’s writing? Sign up to get an email every time a new column comes out. Updated at 10:27 p.m. ET on August 21, 2025 One of the biggest gripes I have about my academic ...

This month, as part of our ongoing series of faith features, we look at the Bahá'í Faith. Here is a simple, but hopefully interesting, overview of their origin and beliefs. Less well known than most ...

The Declaration of the Báb, is one of nine Holy Days in the Bahá’í Faith, marking the beginning of the Faith. The Báb made his impactful proclamation on the evening of May 23, 1844 that He was the ...

One of the biggest gripes I have about my academic field of social science is that it explains a lot about human behavior but is very short on prescriptions for how to live day to day. Even when it ...