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Woolly mammoth unearthed in Michigan — 'What killed these giants?'
Anthropology's Donald Grayson says evidence that humans hunted mammoths is friarly rare.
10/07/2015 | National Geographic -
The University of Washington is taking the CIA to court
Seeking justice for survivors of a massacre in El Salvador, the Center for Human Rights is suing the agency over withholding public records10/07/2015 | The Stranger -
Planet hunters, seekers of alien life entering gold-rush era
Earth-like exoplanets may have magnetic fields capable of protecting life according to researchers at the Virtual Planetary Laboratory based at the UW.10/07/2015 -
Race, justice and democracy
KCTS 9 hosted an evening panel discussion about one of the most difficult and important issues facing our country: the relationship between a person's race and his or her experience of justice.10/06/2015 | KCTS -
UW researchers sue CIA over public documents
After years of delays and rejections, the University of Washington's Center for Human Rights has sued the CIA for not providing documents related to the El Salvadoran civil war.10/05/2015 | KING 5 -
Where to look for life? UW astronomers devise ‘habitability index’ to guide future search
Astronomers from the Virtual Planetary Laboratory have created a way to rank exoplanets to help prioritize which of the thousands discovered warrant close inspection in the search for life.10/05/2015 -
Why black Americans are worried about John Boehner's resignation
Christopher Parker, an associate professor at the University of Washington, talks about how the political conversation may shift if change averse elements of the Republican party take control.10/05/2015 | The Huffington Post -
Republicans and Democrats support sentencing reform; this is what stands in their way
Rural communities that host prisons support punitive criminal laws and policies because they profit prison growth, writes Rebecca Thorpe, assistant professor of political science.10/05/2015 | Washington Post -
UW student sues CIA over data on Salvadoran Army officer
A UW Center for Human Rights fellow in suing the CIA over documents relating to the El Salvadoran civil war in the 1980s.10/04/2015 | The Seattle Times -
How hippies created today's American culture
Blue jeans, beards, body adornments, natural foods, legal marijuana, gay marriage, and single parenthood — it is now clear that the hippies won the culture wars.10/03/2015 | Time