Colonialism has gotten a bad name in recent decades. Anti-colonialism was one of the dominant political currents of the 20th century, as dozens of European colonies in Asia and Africa became free.

University of Cambridge research associate Harriet Mercer on how colonialism has fuelled global warming and made many communities more vulnerable to its effects Colonialism, the report asserts, has ...

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After the Hamas attack that killed more than 1,300 Israelis on Oct. 7, many Americans were indignant to see academic and left-wing organizations issuing statements that excused or implicitly endorsed ...

We have recently published Anois ar Theacht an tSamhraidh: Ireland, Colonialism and the Unfinished Revolution. This represents the culmination of four years of discussions, research, writing and ...

In January 2026, a claim that Britain's King Charles III reasserted British rule over "the colonies formerly known as the United States of America" spread online. According to one popular post ...

Since war broke out between Israel and Hamas, the anti-Israel trope of "settler-colonialism"—or foreign Jews displacing indigenous Palestinians has reemerged. The irony is that real ...

When 21-year-old Samaa Khullar found out Queen Elizabeth had died, she was in a U.S. college classroom filled with other people of color. “We had just wrapped up a conversation about white feminism,” ...

Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe in his Portland, Oregon studio. Photo by Mark Mirocha. Courtesy of COMA Gallery In March of this year, Otis Quaicoe traveled to Australia on a research trip ahead of his solo ...

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