Social Sciences Division

University of Washington political science Ph.D. student Amanda B. Clayton weighs new action by the AFL-CIO that will pave the way for nonunionized workers and even environmental, immigrant, and civil-rights groups to join the labor federation.

The University of Washington broke ground Friday on a $6 million longhouse to support Native-American students and provide a place for indigenous activities and celebrations.

Jana Mohr Lone, affiliate faculty in philosophy, helps to explore young people's apparent obsession with taking pictures of themselves and posting it to Instagram or Facebook. Some experts say it doesn't mean they are narcissistic or vain.

Many households in rural India still lack electrical power despite the nation's intention more than six decades ago to bring electricity to all its citizens. Professor Sunila Kale explores why parts of India are still off the grid.

The "Intellectual House," will serve as a learning and gathering place for Native American students, faculty and staff, as well as the UW and surrounding community. It will feature a "village concept" that includes two primary buildings and a central outdoor gathering space.

Seattle Charter Amendment 19 seeks to change the way City Council members are elected, from all at-large to seven geographic council districts with two at-large positions.Geography professor emeritus Richard Morrill drew up the map.

In a guest piece, David Barash, professor of psychology, looks at several recent books on evolutionary science that consider reproduction.

UW Artist in Residence Joanne Silberner has received several awards for a five-part radio series on global cancer issues, which aired on Public Radio International's "The World."

Seattle passed San Francisco as the top big city in the nation for the percentage of same-sex couple households. UW geography professor Michael Brown weighs in on what the change means.

Blackfeet Indian 'PoetSinger' Jack Gladstone is scheduled to perform on the UW campus October 16. In an interview with Communications he tells his story.

The UW history department will review America's history of slavery from four different angles in its annual lecture series, which begins on Oct. 23.

Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that, for the second year in a row, the poverty rate for the U.S. remained stable at 15 percent in 2012. There were no statistically significant changes in the poverty rate by race, age, sex, nativity or disability status.

Communication Leadership director, Hanson Hosein sat down with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to talk about innovation and why the company doesn't really care about it's competitors.

Professors of mathematics, chemistry, and sociology were named to the Washington State Academy of Sciences.

The University of Washington's Jonathan Mercer's book, "Reputation and International Politics," finds that there is no predictable effect of backing down in crisis.