Social Sciences Division

Take a look inside UW Libraries' Labor Archives of Washington — home to 3,000 cubic feet of materials — with labor archivist Conor Casey. 

A study led by the University of Washington and Cornell University uses new data sources to determine the likelihood of dying at the hands of police.

Political Science major and anti-nuclear proliferation activist, Jade Lauw, on galvanizing her generation to take action for peace. 

Dr. Ralina Joseph, Director of the Center for Communication, Difference and Equity, on radical listening on campus and beyond. 

Affiliate Associate Professor of Law, Societies and Justice, Stuart Streichler, on the implications of Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Lauren Drakopulos, PhD candidate in the UW Department of Geography, on how story maps can help people better understand complex global issues.

Op-ed by Ellis Goldberg, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Washington.

 A new $250,000 fellowship at the UW Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies has been named for labor leader Frank Jenkins

Saadia Pekkanen, director of the Space Security Initiative at the UW's Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, weighs in on space force.

Dr. Holly Barker and Burke Museum's Oceania collections assist with University Beyond Bars classroom learning.

Recent notable books by UW authors tell of the struggle to break free of racism in higher education, taking an "urban diary" approach to documenting city life and more.

Professor Margaret O'Mara weighs in on the impact of Amazon on cities that bid to be the location of its HQ2.

Op-ed by UW political philosopher Micheal Blake 

On KING 5's "Racism and Parenting" special, Ralina Joseph, director of the UW Center for Communication, Difference and Equity, offered her expertise.

Jere L. Bacharach Endowed Professor in International Studies Jordanna Bailkin on how mass movements of refugees have turned into mass detention in many liberal democracies.