This page features news and research related to social justice topics at Columbia University.
What Are the Connections Between Monday Night Football, Texas Oilmen, and the Civil Rights Movement?
A new book explores the intersection of professional sports with the civil rights and second-wave feminist movements.
Celebrate LGBTQ+ history at Columbia and the people who made that history with a little trivia.
For the second year in a row, Columbia is marking Juneteenth for our community. But how to observe the day? Columbians lend us their insight.
Let us all reflect upon, honor, and celebrate the events, people, and values enshrined in this important day in our nation’s history.
In a recent online GSAPP event, MIT Professor Ekene Ijeoma discusses how and why he shifted his work to incorporate data.
"Justice has been met in this case, but it cannot erase the decades and centuries of injustices to Black people," said President Lee C. Bollinger.
The jury in the Derek Chauvin trial issued a guilty verdict on all three counts. Here are some of the reactions from faculty and students at Columbia.
Here’s what the NCAA could do to level the athletic playing field for women and girls.
The LGBTQ community has seen immense gains in political power, but trans women of color still face daily discrimination and violence.
March 31 marks Trans Day of Visibility, and Columbia News has gathered resources, events, and readings on Columbia’s trans changemakers and allies.
As the energy sector faces pressure to address social concerns, Columbia's Women in Energy program leaders share their recipe for more equity.
In the wake of rising anti-Asian racism and the recent spate of hate incidents reported across the country, the Columbia community has gathered to publicly decry these horrific events.