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  • Ferguson's plan to cut back on court fees could inspire change

    Alexes Harris, an associate professor of sociology, talks about the layers of court costs that can complicate legal proceedings for the poor.
    09/10/2014 | NPR
  • Latinos threatening to sit out elections because of Pres. Obama's about-face on immigration reform

    Some Latino Democrats, saying they are fed up with President Barack Obama's broken promises on immigration reform, are threatening to sit out the midterm elections. Matt Barreto, associate professor of political science, is quoted.
    09/09/2014 | Fox News Latino
  • Hungary's crackdown on the press

    In an op-ed piece, Philip Howard, professor of communication, looks at Hungary's "autocratic crackdown on the nation's press."
    09/08/2014 | New York Times
  • Study: Over 1 in 5 low-income Texans lack eligible voter ID

    Over one-in-five eligible Texas voters who make $20,000 a year or less do not have a current photo ID that would be accepted under the current voter ID law. Matt Barreto, associate professor of political science, is quoted.
    09/05/2014 | NBC News
  • Professor Vicente Rafael on Filipino folklore origins

    RadioActive youth reporter Maria Caoagdan interviewed Vicente Rafael, professor of history, for her story exploring Filipino supernatural creatures.
    08/25/2014 | KUOW
  • UW journalism student on covering Ebola-stricken Sierra Leone

    KUOW talks with Cooper Inveen, a UW journalism student, about his experience in Sierra Leone as Ebola spread through West Africa.
    08/25/2014 | KUOW
  • UW professor's book reframes issues of race and politics

    The Bellingham Herald reviews "The Rising Tide of Color," edited by Moon-Ho Jung, associate professor of history, and published by UW Press.
    08/21/2014 | the Bellingham Herald
  • How Microsoft money is driving Washington's gun background check debate

    It looks like you're trying to add gun controls. Can Microsoft help? Matt Barreto, associate professor of political science, is quoted.
    08/19/2014 | the Washington Post
  • Competing gun initiatives already drawing big donations

    Money is already pouring into campaigns for two gun-related state ballot measures in advance of the November election. Matt Barreto, associate professor of political science, is quoted.
    08/17/2014 | Seattle Times
  • Study: Virginity pledges for men can lead to sexual confusion

    Sarah Diefendorf, a sociology graduate student, studied a group of 15 young evangelical Christian men. She learned that support groups were key in helping the men during their pre-marital years. But once married, they faced trouble.
    08/16/2014 | UW Today
  • Unraveling the past, present and future of SLU, Seattle

    KUOW enlists the help of UW historian Margaret O'Mara to discover what's behind one of Seattle's fastest growing neighborhoods.
    08/15/2014 | KUOW
  • Roundtable: The past and present of "yellowface"

    NPR's CodeSwitch blog picked the brains of three people who have focused on depictions of Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders in the media to look at "yellowface" casting. LeiLani Nishime, assistant professor of communication, was one of the experts.
    08/14/2014 | NPR
  • The Middle East Crisis and the U.S.

    Professor Joel Migdal sheds light on the Middle East conflict and the U.S. role there in his book Shifting Sands.

    August 2014 Perspectives
  • Exploring the link between unemployment and crime

    Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson talks to Robert Crutchfield, a professor of sociology at UW, and author of the book, "Get a Job: Labor Markets, Economic Opportunity, and Crime" about the increasing stratification of the labor market, and the connections between unemployment and crime.
    KUOW.org
  • When the boss says, 'Don't tell your coworkers how much you get paid'

    As a barista and a paralegal, the story was the same: Employers did not want their employees talking about their pay. Jake Rosenfeld, a UW associate professor of sociology, is studying the relationship between pay secrecy and wage discrimination.
    The Atlantic

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