In this talk at UC, Berkeley (March, 2013), Dr. Kumar argues that the West has often used the liberation of brown women as an excuse for empire. She debunks ...

CJ Werleman traces the evolution of a plan to equate Islam with ‘terrorism’ to an ideology deployed by Arab Gulf leaders and autocrats everywhere

Abby Martin interviews Dr. Deepa Kumar, professor of media studies at Rutgers University and author of *Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire*, about the r...

According to the Costs of War Project, the wars launched by the United States following 9/11 have killed an estimated 929,000 people in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and elsewhere. The...

while it’s important to lay primary blame for the Muslim travel ban at the feet of the man who signed it, years of Islamophobic coverage in corporate media—right-wing, centrist and “liberal”—laid...

In this talk at UC, Berkeley (March, 2013), Dr. Kumar argues that the West has often used the liberation of brown women as an excuse for empire. She debunks ...

Terrorism is so associated with Arabs, Muslims and South Asians that it has become common sense in the post 9/11 world. Drawing on various bodies of scholarship...

Twentyt years after 9/11, Deepa Kumar explores the image of the Muslim woman animating imperial feminism.

The first strike in Rutgers University history is looming — and the faculty union says there’s a strong possibility it will happen. Jen Maxfield reports.

The five women say they are paid tens of thousands of dollars less than men with similar qualifications. The university says it is “committed to pay equity.”

Terrorism is so associated with Arabs, Muslims and South Asians that it has become common sense in the post 9/11 world. Drawing on various bodies of scholarship...

Islamophobia, the War on Terror, and US ImperialismDeepa Kumar, Associate Professor of Media Studies at Rutgers University is a well-known author and media f...

Charlie Hebdo's Take On Aylan Kurdi's Death Kicks Off New Freedom Of Speech Debate

Hosted by Dr. Osamah F. Khalil, the Book Conversation Series is part of the U.S. and the World Workshop at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenshi...

Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks, this special edition of The Listening Post looks at the climate of fear that undergirded the so-called "War on Terror" a...

Using Taliban imagery to decry the Texas abortion ban is an old colonial move that reeks of Islamophobia.

Rutgers professor and AAUP-AFT leader Deepa Kumar describes how the union united faculty and graduate students across academic ranks.

Professor Kumar argues that "Imperialist Feminism" (a rhetoric based on the appropriation of women's rights to justify empire) benefits neither women in the ...