Forging a sustainable postdisaster future requires a reckoning with the entrenched systems of inequality that set the stage for the tragedy to begin with.
The collective Looty in London virtually reclaims items from Western museums to give people from former colonies a chance to learn about their stolen heritage.
While attention is focused on western museums and governments giving back looted items, heritage workers in the global south are laying the groundwork for new claims.
As tensions with China mount, the U.S. military continues to build up Guam and other Pacific territories — placing the burdens of imperial power on the nation’s most ignored and underrepresented citizens.