Politics and Government

A new book by the UW's Alexes Harris (sociology) chronicles how scores of former inmates and the people they harmed are jointly cheated by a cyclical and cynical state-sponsored debt spiral.

The Greek economy has shrunk by a staggering 25 percent since 2006, and the unemployment rate closed at 24.4 percent in January and is predicted to rise after the new package of austerity measures.

Ph.D. Candidates Clint Work and Seonhee Kim co-published a piece on developments in South Korea’s space program, highlighting the military and economic logics.

Trade supporters are pushing the geopolitical importance of a sweeping Asia-Pacific agreement in an effort to save the deal from defeat. Fabio Ghironi, professor of economics at the UW, is quoted.

"Here is the problem, simply put: there are not enough analysts to make sense of every ship or activity at sea; nor enough government assets to persistently monitor them all,"

City councils, local businesses and Indian tribes have turned against plans for the nation’s largest oil terminal at the Port of Vancouver.

Current state of Ottoman Jews in light of the political climate in Turkey under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Professor Devin Naar is quoted.

Thanks to the work of UW geographer Kam Wing Chan, we know Shanghai, Beijing and other urban areas in China discriminate against the children of low-income migrant workers in public education.

Linda Nash, professor of history at the UW, delves into the historic depths of how chance and natural resources fueled this booming metropolis of trade and expansion.

"Donald Trump’s undisguised bigotry has alienated vast blocs of voters, but at least it makes racism in America impossible to deny," writes Christopher Parker, professor of political science at the UW

A new online platform and database, called "Run for Office," lists no fewer than 23,501 elected offices across the United States.

Worried about their legacy and image, the anti-Trump Koch brothers fear they've wasted hundreds of millions funding the GOP. Research by UW political scientist Christopher Parker is referenced.

In a discussion at the University of Washington, panelists examined ways in which the region can take steps to protect against the threats of climate change to various industries.

When convicted of a crime in America, it's not just prison time you may face — there are fines, fees and other cash penalties, too. And when you get out, they'll be waiting.

"According to the site TwitterAudit, one in four of Trump’s followers is fake, and similar ratios run through the accounts of the other presidential hopefuls,"