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The phrase “cultural appropriation” appears in many forms and many contexts. And the debates surrounding it have swelled periodically, especially in the last 20 years. But what does it really mean, ...

Although the concept of cultural appropriation has existed as long as there have been cultures to appropriate, the term itself was coined by academia in the 1980s. It popped up in discussions about ...

The Senate Appropriations Committee is the largest committee in the U.S. Senate, consisting of 28 members in the 105 th Congress. Its role is defined by the U.S. Constitution, which requires ...

Is there a “right” or “wrong” way to borrow from another culture? Is there a “right” or “wrong” way to borrow from other cultures? What does cultural appropriation mean, anyway? We break down the ...

In the last year, a distinct “aesthetic” or “-core” has gained mainstream popularity, thanks to a swath of TikTok fashion girlies. For those unfamiliar with it, it’s what the Washington Post recently ...

Cultural appropriation, which can be defined as an inappropriate adoption of ideas or customs of a group of people, can be seen in many different industries including food, toys, clothing and many ...

A recent article in The New York Times, “Does the Meaning of a Song Change Depending on Who Wrote It?,” by Esau McCaulley, an assistant professor of the New Testament at Wheaton College, addresses an ...

Appropriation remains one of the hardest-to-talk-about phenomena in pop culture, which is, fundamentally, a hodgepodge of widely circulated ideas that originated in specific subcultures. On Tufts’ ...

The federal appropriation process is long and complex. As part of this process, individual Members of Congress, both in the House and Senate, solicit requests from constituents, such as Purdue ...