Social Justice

Civil rights attorney David Owens (2004) represents victims of police misconduct and wrongful conviction. 

Shirley Yee, Chair of Gender, Women, and Sexuality weighs in

Department of Sociology professor, Alexes Harris, the debt that grows even after prison ends for ex-offenders and its impact. 

Morales, a fine arts graduate and DACA recipient, took inspiration from Latino artists and a poet in developing her style.

Meet the Department of Communication professor working at the intersection of health, equity and digital literacy.

American Indian Studies professors at the UW weigh in on monuments that celebrate Columbus.

The center has released the first in a series of research memos under an initiative called Human Rights at Home.

Laurie Marhoefer, a historian of Nazi Germany at the UW, gives commentary on the recent controversy over KUOW's interview with a Neo-nazi. 

During a summer study abroad, students explored LGBTQ issues in the U.S. and Mexico.

The latest installment in a regular report on political mobilization in the United States. Emily Gade, a graduate student in the UW Department of Political Science, is an author. 

The alt-right has an unlikely new martyr in the culture wars: A Harvard-educated engineer in the heart of Silicon Valley. Margaret O'Mara, a history professor at the UW, is quoted. 

Meet Jessica Ramirez: The UW alum fighting for human rights and social justice alongside the first indigenous-led farm worker union in WA State. 

UW sociology professor Katherine Beckett's research is mentioned in this editorial from Seattle Councilmember, Sally Bagshaw, about "Fair Chance Housing" legislation. 

A Women's Center report addresses human trafficking in Washington state. 

Assistant Professor of History, Laurie Marhoefer, on the history of gay pride marches and movements.