The standard version of colonialism, explains Adam Kirsch in his provocative and important new book, involves a relatively small group of colonists—mostly colonial administrators, merchants, and ...

The goal of “pro-Palestinian” demonstrators who celebrate the murder of 1,200 people in Israel last Oct. 7 is not simply the destruction of the Jewish state. Yes, they certainly hope to wipe Israel ...

“The consent of the governed,” what the United States Declaration of Independence set forth, is the foundation of political authority. This principle is so dangerous to imperial powers that when the ...

Last week, Harvard University Jewish studies professor Derek Penslar and Hebrew University sociology and anthropology professor and former human rights lawyer Yael Berda discussed “settler colonialism ...

Some of the world’s most popular museums are natural history collections: Think of dinosaur fossils, gemstones and preserved animals. Herbaria – collections of pressed, dried plant specimens – are a ...

On a sweltering January day in 2018, Pope Francis addressed 100,000 of the faithful in Puerto Maldonado, Peru, not far from where gold mining had ravaged an expanse of Amazon rainforest about the size ...

Changes in climate have an impact on African economies. Wikimedia Commons/Flickr The experience of colonialism led to economies and societies being re-arranged in ways that have had far-reaching ...