“Decolonization” has become a keyword on campuses. It refers to symbolic changes that are supposed to promote diversity and eliminate vestiges of white supremacy. Student- and scholar-activists, aided ...

Peace in the Israel-Palestine conflict had already been difficult to achieve before Hamas’s barbarous October 7 attack and Israel’s military response. Now it seems almost impossible, but its essence ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — At a three-day conference, African theologians and scholars considered how colonizing countries can make amends for historical wrongs and the place of forgiveness. NAIROBI, ...

Public engagement on Guam’s political status intensified in 2025, but the year closes with the same fundamental question that ...

In this op-ed, Tina Curiel-Allen, a Xicana/Boricua poet, writer, and activist, explains decolonization for those who may not be familiar with the term or process. It is important to note that Tina is ...

Ralph Bunche was highly committed to helping colonized countries regain their autonomy through peaceful means. He was instrumental in drafting Chapters 11 and 12 of the United Nations Charter, dealing ...

Decolonization was once heralded as a moment of potential and possibility for the formerly imperial world to chart a new way forward no longer tied to the apparatus of empire. It marked a period of ...

We know that missionaries had a profound effect on Africa during the colonial period. But what happened after the colonizers left? Tufts University historian Elizabeth Foster looks to explain this in ...

17 July 2020, Berlin: "Decolonize" is sprayed on the Bismarck National Monument in Berlin which is smeared with paint. Photo: Sven Braun/dpa (Photo by Sven Braun/picture alliance via Getty Images) ...