1929 and 2025: almost one century apart, yet both years feature Mexican-Americans and Mexican immigrants receiving wrongful deportations. The recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
The lack of governmental initiatives addressing these systemic issues can be attributed to the deep roots of colonialism in U.S. history, which makes this crisis difficult to fully eradicate — but there are rising grassroots efforts that help. The Murdered Missing Indigenous Women (MMIW) movement has been a strong advocate for legal action and recognition against gender-based violence towards Indigenous women.
From how we speak, to the music we listen to and the clothes we wear, many of the defining elements of American culture come from Black communities and creators. A commercialization of Black culture is happening with little to no benefit to Black creators. While Black communities face prejudice, others benefit from the exploitation of their culture.
The global health community promotes itself as an organization striving for peace and justice. Yet, its actions display ignorance and insensitivity. In humanitarian outreaches throughout the world, there is a clash between culture and medicine. The domain of global health is dominated by ideas of power and alteration of others’ cultures, causing these humanitarian outreaches to not be one of right but a continuation of colonialism.
The Environmental Humanities Research Center hosted a virtual meeting with Dr. Max Liboiron to discuss how environmental science intersects with colonialism on Oct. 20....
On Sept. 8, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II passed away, taking 70+ years of British atrocities to the grave with her. Now, her son, King Charles III, has taken her place as the public head of a country that has ransacked many other nations for money, natural resources and territory.
