In 1830, President Andrew Jackson and the U.S. Congress passed the Removal Act, a bill that forced Native Americans to leave the United States and settle in the Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River, effectively turning them into asylum seekers in their own land. This history of being forced-refugees is still on the minds […]

The Pacific Northwest Collegiate Leadership Conference is the largest student leadership conference in the region, bringing hundreds of students together to develop effective leadership skills. Participants engage in workshops that match their interests, current leadership roles or future opportunities.  Join as as we livestream the Keynote speaker, Justin Jones-Fosu and other workshop presenters. Watch now!

If you read the news, you might be left thinking that humans are a xenophobic and parochial species. If we actually look at the data, however, we see a very different picture: our species can be both very tolerant and very aggressive toward members of other communities. Why is that? How did humans come to […]