COLONIALISM

MIT hosts feminist speaker who blames 'colonial-era abortion bans' for 'policing and carceral power'

One of the nation’s premier universities in Cambridge, Massachusetts recently featured a speaker who gave a talk, '…

By Emma Arns '26
Nov 3, 2024

Hawaii university holds talk on 'mental health implications' of 'colonial mentality'

This past semester, the University of Hawaii at Manoa hosted, 'Brown Skin, White Minds: Colonial Mentality and Ment…

By Emma Arns '26
Jun 10, 2024

Yale University seeks African American studies professor versed in ‘feminist and queer studies’

'The Program seeks candidates whose research and teaching focus on the formations and lived experiences of Blacknes…

By Daniel Idfresne '26
Aug 29, 2023

Bates College mandates 'Race, Power, Privilege and Colonialism' curriculum

After a lengthy debate, Bates College is will mandate that students fulfill a graduation requirement on race and pr…

By William Biagini '24
Apr 13, 2023

OP-ED: These college textbooks treat Islam more favorably than Christianity

Many academics are secularists and more than a few are outright Marxists. These faculty members distrust Christiani…

By Zachary Marschall
Oct 2, 2022

George Washington University dumps 'Colonials' nickname

The decision was announced Wednesday by the Office of the President after the Board of Trustees voted to toss the n…

By Alexa Schwerha
Jun 16, 2022

EXCLUSIVE: UNC course says WWII was 'Japan's attempt to roll back Euro-American colonialism'

The UNC course syllabus also characterizes Japan's military aggression during World War II as 'the first global att…

By Angela Morabito
Aug 31, 2021

Berkeley students teach peers about 'whiteness,' 'decolonizing'

University of California, Berkeley students are facilitating their own courses this fall on topics such as "Deconst…

By Celine Ryan Ciccio
Aug 28, 2018

Researchers ask: ‘Can there be capitalism without racism?’

The initiative's website indicates that the researchers have yet to settle upon a formal definition of "racial capi…

By Celine Ryan Ciccio
Aug 16, 2018

University cancels classes for day of 'privilege' programming

Although the 2018 agenda has not yet been finalized, previous symposiums have addressed topics such as Confederate …

By Celine Ryan Ciccio
Jul 25, 2018

Prof claims ‘civility’ is a euphemism for ‘white supremacy’

Amidst widespread calls for a return to civility, especially when it comes to political differences, one professor …

By Celine Ryan Ciccio
Jun 27, 2018

Students petition to eliminate ‘offensive’ Colonial mascot

The mascot was adopted in 1926 to honor the school's namesake, George Washington, and is intended as a reference to…

By Abigail Marone
May 3, 2018

'Credible threats' lead to removal of pro-colonialism article

A peer-reviewed academic journal article defending colonialism was removed due to threats of violence against the e…

By Kyle Perisic
Oct 10, 2017

Students hold ‘F*ck Columbus’ rally, post 'indigenous peoples' eviction notice'

The eviction notice said the students "reserve the right to seize ALL occupied and dispossessed lands now occupied …

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
Oct 14, 2014

Students demand mandatory transgender class to right the wrongs of colonial America

A group calling itself "Whose Diversity" has created a list of demands which are designed to eradicate "structural …

By Kat Timpf
Jun 17, 2014