European colonizers first imposed borders on the Americas by drafting maps. Arbitrary lines, written to justify genocide, became symbols of private prosperity in the so-called “New World.” Indigenous ...

This text, written by Anna Ortega, was originally published on the website Nonada Journalism on July 1, 2023. It is republished here under a partnership agreement between Nonada and Global Voices, ...

Generations of Columbia College students have been introduced to the philosophy that shaped the Western world through the Core Curriculum course Contemporary Civilization. In the spring of 2021, I ...