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  • Seattle historian sees two reasons to hope in the face of hate

    Hundreds of hate crimes have been reported since the recent presidential election, but UW professor Margaret O’Mara says studying history gives her reason to hope.

    11/28/2016
  • Here’s how Seattle became so segregated

    A new look at New Deal ‘redlining’ maps offers insight into subtle racism's not-so-subtle predecessor.

    11/07/2016
  • It's Not as Bad as You Think

    UW professor Margaret O'Mara offers historical context for the 2016 Presidential election.

    November 2016 Perspectives
  • Voter indecision: Follow two local voters struggling to select a presidential candidate

    This year's presidential race is one of the strangest we've seen in many years and many voters in Washington state are struggling with their selection.

    10/10/2016
  • Get smarter than the spin after the first Clinton-Trump debate

    Bill Radke talks with UW associate professor Margaret O'Mara and former White House press secretary Scott McClellan about what we learned from the first presidential debate.

    09/28/2016
  • Why is Seattle so racially segregated?

    KUOW listener David Newman asked the Local Wonder team to look into why Seattle seems so segregated. Jim Gregory, professor of history at the UW, is interviewed. 

    09/22/2016
  • This environmentalist (grudgingly) sides with Trump on trade debate

    University of Washington historian Margaret O'Mara says the clash over trade we’re seeing this year is nothing new.

    09/19/2016
  • Trump coming to enemy territory (aka Washington state)

    Despite sagging support in Washington state, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made an appearance at a rally in Everett on Tuesday.

    09/01/2016
  • Trump coming to enemy territory (aka Washington state)

    Despite sagging support in Washington state, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is expected to make appearances here Tuesday at a rally in Everett.
    KUOW
  • UW will host 2017 summer institute on teaching urban environmental issues

    Faculty members from UW departments will team up in 2017 to offer a new, three-week course on teaching urban environmental humanities.

    08/22/2016
  • Historians find UO’s founder held racist views, though not consistently

    University of Oregon founding father Matthew Deady was a hard-bitten racist who never disavowed slavery but who shielded innocent and vulnerable Chinese immigrants from violent mobs.
    Bend Bulletin
  • Think these conventions were bad for unity? You should have been watching in 1924

    Bill Radke talks to UW history professor Margaret O'Mara about unity at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions and how the elections of the past compare to the 2016 conventions.
    KUOW
  • Seattle-area women: Clinton nomination an emotional milestone, but double standard endures

    Whatever their position on the Democratic spectrum, women around Puget Sound viewed Hillary Clinton’s acceptance of the party’s presidential nomination as a moment that will redefine American ideas.
    Seattle Times
  • Why so few women have run for president of the United States

    Bill Radke talks to University of Washington history professor Margaret O'Mara about the historic significance of Hillary Clinton's nomination and why so few women have sought the highest office.
    KUOW
  • Former Oregon Lumber Town Rides Digital Wave to a Comeback

    A former logging town in Oregon is now home to a few large data centers for Facebook and Apple. The shift in industry is forcing the town of 9,000 to diversify jobs.
    New York Times

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