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The nickname has been criticized for glorifying colonialism.

George Washington University will stop using its "Colonials" nickname by the 2023-24 academic year, the school announced Wednesday.

Officials at the Washington D.C. university said that the nickname has divided the community and no longer serves its purpose as a name that unifies.

How did this ever get published—and in The Washington Post no less? You don’t have to publish woke garbage, guys? Twitter is not the real world. Social media may make

I’m a longtime critic of China. Over the years, I’ve condemned its censorship of the press, its fabrications of history and its efforts to spy on students in America (yes, you read that correctly).

On the farcical censorship of a Chinese artist at George Washington University.

George Washington University pilot program 'used locational data tracked by Wi-Fi access points' to map student and employee movements on campus

What is worse than the existence of malicious racism is that GWU, as a microcosm of American society, allows a double standard exclusively targeting the Chinese people, and it is a shame that racism is now able to seek refuge in the abused concept of “freedom of speech.”

Mark S. Wrighton said he acted too quickly when he threatened to track down whoever put up posters critical of Chinese government policies.

George Washington University censors art from famed Chinese dissident artist Badiucao satirizing the Beijing Winter Olympics.