Politics and Government

The Center for Human Rights is referenced in this article about a "murky" deportation airline which was given a large bailout.

Jacob Grumbach, assistant professor of political science, discusses a Republican group soliciting millions of dollars from corporations to protect its conservative base.

James Gregory, professor of history, and Michael McCann, professor of political science, discuss how CHAZ/CHOP fits into Seattle's history of protests.

Nancy Bartley, a doctoral student in English, writes that in her decades of journalism she saw police dealing out "street justice" as a common practice against Blacks.

Mary Hall Williams, anthropology student who organized the event, is interviewed about the celebration of Juneteenth at the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest.

Jayadev Athreya, associate professor of mathematics, among other mathematics researchers has signed a letter calling on the discipline to stop working on predictive-policing algorithms.

Dave Ross talks to Jonathan Kanter, research associate professor of psychology, about how protesting can be a form of "healthy coping."

Colleen McElroy, professor emerita of English, shares her perspective as a black woman in Seattle. In 1984, McElroy became the first black woman tenured professor at the UW.

UW President Ana Mari Cauce discusses the Supreme Court decision protecting the DACA program.

Aseem Prakash, professor of political science, discusses Unilever's climate plan, greening the supply chain, and consumer-level emissions.

Daniel Bessner, associate professor of international studies and Carl Bergstrom, biology professor, discuss whether and how colleges should re-open in the fall.

Political science faculty Megan Ming Francis, Jake Grumbach, and Christopher Parker discuss 2020's leftward-tilting electorate.

Quintard Taylor, history professor, discusses the possible de-gentrification of Seattle.

Megan Ming Francis, associate professor of political science, discusses how the white press has historically endangered Black lives.

Michael McCann, professor of political science, puts into context the peace and the violence of protests against police brutality.