Category: Stories
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CU Boulder Holds 78th Conference on Colonial Affairs
A conference that opened by acknowledging the land theft that made the University of Colorado (CU) possible spent four days hosting war architects in a luxury hotel, ejecting anti-genocide protesters from a democracy panel, and calling all of it open dialogue. The first panel of the 78th Conference on World Affairs (CWA), held on April…
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CU Boulder’s Unshakeable Ties to the Department of Defense
On Feb. 28, 120 children would leave their homes, seeking education at the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran. They would never return home because three Tomahawk missiles would be launched at their school, killing 175 people in total. Inside these missiles were parts produced by Boulder-based Ball Aerospace, who have longstanding financial…
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Art Is Political
By Shaun Smith During the halftime show at this year’s annual Super Bowl, Bad Bunny showed up and showed out, ending with a message of love and unity for America. Not just the United States of America, but America as a whole, with countries like Canada, Brazil, Puerto Rico and more included in the message…
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“Mad Bills to Pay”- A Digest, and Conversation with Director Joel Alfonso Vargas
By Max Gonzalez Winner of the 2025 “NEXT Special Jury Award from Sundance, American Independent Award from the 2025 Denver Film Festival, among other awards, “Mad Bills to Pay”, the directorial debut of Joel Alfonso Vargas, is a wonderfully crafted film full of a large amount of importance. This film centers itself around a Dominican…
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Boulder Company Responsible for Bombing of Iranian Elementary School
On Feb. 28, the so-called U.S. and Israel launched an attack on Iran, bombing an elementary school in Minab, Hormozgan province. The bomb has been linked back to the Boulder-based aerospace company, Ball Aerospace & Technologies. In a photo released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting on March 9, fragments of the missile are…
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VIDEO: ICE Concerns for CU Boulder Community
The activity of ICE, or Immigration & Customs Enforcement, has grown in intensity since the beginning of Trump’s second term as president. Communities of color are feeling targeted with threats of violence and family separation. CO-DIRECTORSAšiihkionkonci ParkerDeborah LosekeBronte Moore EDITORAšiihkionkonci Parker FOOTAGE Al Jazeera Muslim Justice League ACLU Trash Heap CUSG Joaquin Salinas
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Arab Terrorist Costume, CU Boulder Chabad’s “Wild West” Purim Party, and Colonial Imaginaries
At a “Wild West” Purim party hosted by Chabad at CU Boulder on March 2, a Jewish student arrived wearing a thobe and keffiyeh, carrying a prop stick of dynamite. The costume was, by its own visual logic, an Arab terrorist, a figure so thoroughly sedimented in American popular culture that it needed only a…
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CU continues investment in the Center for African and African American Studies while Helping Bomb Africa
The Center for African & African American Studies (CAAAS) received a $2 million investment on Feb. 2 from CU Chancellor Justin Schwartz and CU President Todd Saliman. Despite this large reward, Black and African students on campus are critical of CU and the timing of this investment. The investment will provide support for CAAAS’s programs,…
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CU Boulder Kicks Off Black History Month
By Shaun Smith On Monday, Feb. 2, the University of Colorado Boulder’s Center for African and African American Studies (CAAAS) conducted its fourth annual ‘CAAAS Day,’ an event filled with a buffet for guests and celebrations to kick off Black History Month alongside the University of Colorado Boulder’s Alumni Association and Ethnic Studies department. In…
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CU Students hold “useless” Protest
The so-called “United States” saw mass protests and a general strike initiated by labor unions and community leaders on Jan 30 in response to the killing of two white protestors by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including one at CU Boulder. Sophia Grossman, a junior in aerospace engineering, planned this walkout and march at…
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