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Working class heroes: A look inside the Labor Archives of Washington
Take a look inside UW Libraries' Labor Archives of Washington — home to 3,000 cubic feet of materials — with labor archivist Conor Casey.
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Labor leader Frank Jenkins honored with UW fellowship
A new $250,000 fellowship at the UW Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies has been named for labor leader Frank Jenkins
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Amazon HQ2 bid is already paying off for some cities
Professor Margaret O'Mara weighs in on the impact of Amazon on cities that bid to be the location of its HQ2.
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How refugees in Britain went from living in old bunkers and stately homes to being detained in cells
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.
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Barbs for Bezos but Bill Gates largely admired in Seattle
UW History Professor Margaret O'Mara is quoted in this op-ed comparing the reputations of Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates.
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Refugees, citizens and camps: A very British history
UW history professor, Jordanna Bailkin, on how Britain's past refugee camps shed light on today's global refugee crisis.
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Boomtown Seattle: Why we move here–and how we're all in it together
Department of History Professor, Margaret O'Mara weighs in on a changing Seattle.
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2018 History Lecture Series
Jan. 10 Trace the development of Gandhi's legacy through history to the present. With UW Department of History's Anand Yang.
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Google to give #1 billion to nonprofits and help Americans get jobs in the new economy
Google will invest $1 billion over the next five years in organizations helping people adjust to the changing nature of work. Margaret O'Mara, a history professor at the UW, is quoted.
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Neo-Nazis 'provoke violence, get a media platform'
Laurie Marhoefer, a historian of Nazi Germany at the UW, gives commentary on the recent controversy over KUOW's interview with a Neo-nazi.
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Professor Emeritus Quintard Taylor Awarded Robert Gray Medal by WA State Historical Society
The prestigious prize recognizes Taylor’s distinguished career and his commitment to researching, preserving, and promoting the history of African Americans in the PNW.
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A race to the bottom? Amazon stirs debate by soliciting tax credits for second headquarters
Amazon's announcement that it's searching for a second HQ is generating a backlash in Seattle and elsewhere. Margaret O'Mara, a UW associate professor of history, is quoted.
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200 years later, Centralia celebrates its very own George Washington
Quintard Taylor, professor emeritus of history, on Centralia's founding father and his unique place in history.
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Worried about a nuke dropping on Seattle? Old news — we spent the Cold War years preparing
We've been through this drill before–for at least three decades during the Cold War years. John Findlay, professor of history at UW, is quoted.
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Alt-right finds a new hero: ex-Googler James Damore
The alt-right has an unlikely new martyr in the culture wars: A Harvard-educated engineer in the heart of Silicon Valley. Margaret O'Mara, a history professor at the UW, is quoted.