Social Justice

Widely dismissed after publication, John Okada's (BA, English, '47) 1957 book was nearly forgotten until it gained attention by word of mouth throughout the Asian-American community.

Students expose layers hidden beneath the city's staggering wealth, using "dark tourism" to find reasons for protest and celebration--sometimes both at once.

From El Salvador to Spokane, the UW Center for Human Rights seeks justice.

Op-ed by American Ethnic Studies Assistant Professor, Vincent Schleitwiler 

John Gottman, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Washington, weighs in.

Take a look inside UW Libraries' Labor Archives of Washington — home to 3,000 cubic feet of materials — with labor archivist Conor Casey. 

Dr. Ralina Joseph, Director of the Center for Communication, Difference and Equity, on radical listening on campus and beyond. 

 A new $250,000 fellowship at the UW Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies has been named for labor leader Frank Jenkins

Op-ed by UW political philosopher Micheal Blake 

On KING 5's "Racism and Parenting" special, Ralina Joseph, director of the UW Center for Communication, Difference and Equity, offered her expertise.

Jere L. Bacharach Endowed Professor in International Studies Jordanna Bailkin on how mass movements of refugees have turned into mass detention in many liberal democracies.

Interview featuring Christopher Parker, UW professor in the department of political science.

American foreign policy expert, Daniel Bessner, on billionaire George Soros and his philosphy.

Stephanie A. Fryberg and Megan Bang, professors in the College of Arts & Sciences, address how child-separation policies are not a new phenomenon in the United States.

Opinion piece by Pete Jackson, advisory board member of the UW Center for Human Rights