Politics and Government

Aseem Prakash, professor of political science, explains how climate equity should guide decarbonization efforts.

Hong Kong activists have implored the U.S. to work with international partners to hold Beijing accountable. Brian Leung Kai-Ping, a doctoral student in political science, is quoted.

Daniel Bessner, assistant professor of international studies, discusses the most important lessons of Trump's presidency.

Nicolaas P. Barr, a lecturer of Comparative History of Ideas, discusses the new Dutch far-right, and how it intersects with the rise of far-right ideologies in other nations.

James Gregory, professor of history, explains how looking back to 1932 can advise us about 2020.

Common Power has had to rapidly adopt digital communications due to COVID-19, stopping face-to-face contact. David Domke, professor of communication, explains.

Margaret O'Mara and James Gregory, professors of history, explain how Seattle's CHOP/CHAZ zone isn't indicative of the city's history of racism.

Aseem Prakash, professor of political science, explains Amazon's new climate plan.

Scott Montgomery, lecturer of international studies, discusses the "plastic dilemma" and the issues that arise when dealing with the world's plastic problems.

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.