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'Scales of Struggle'
Historians of labor, working class to convene at UW
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L.A. County might stop charging needy defendants a $50 fee
Alexes Harris of UW department of sociology weighs in on a potential fee waiver for indigent and other needy criminal defendants in Los Angeles County.
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How to Call B.S. On Big Data: A Practical Guide
At the University of Washington, students are learning to navigate the hazards of our information-addled age.
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Portland stabbing: What did we learn about the bystander effect?
Bill Radke speaks with professor Cheryl Kaiser from the psychology department at the University of Washington about the bystander effect.
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Labor Archives: Everett Massacre
Relive the one-hundredth anniversary of the Everett Massacre and learn how that tragic event helped shape the labor history of Washington.
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Black life is draining out of Seattle, Census shows
UW sociology researcher, Tim Thomas, on a migration of historic proportions—African-Americans leaving central Seattle and being pushed south, driven by high rents.
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Michelle Habell-Pallán Awarded Barclay Simpson Prize for Scholarship in Public
The award recognizes community-building projects like Women Who Rock and American Sabor that creates new forms of scholarship.
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Class on Black Lives Matter examines ideas behind the slogan
The class #BlackLivesMatter in Media and Popular Culture — offered this spring — is one of very few like it in the country.
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'Panic' over Trump takes us to activism we haven’t seen in 157 years
UW history professor, Jim Gregory, on the election, activism, and historical perspective.
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Beloved professor's next act: Civic Activism, social justice, and 'ethical courage'
What's next for communication professor David Domke? Championing the causes he values and that are under attack today.
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Righting history: Every month is Black History Month at BlackPast.org
UW professor Quintard Taylor is blowing students’ minds in class and with his website devoted to black history.
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Race and Capitalism receive year-long investigation through $175,000 Sawyer Seminar Grant
The interplay of race and capitalism will be the focus of a year-long investigation by UW scholars thanks to a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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California woman targets Spokane, other U.S. cities to help stop dog meat trade in Korea
A California woman who’s never traveled to Spokane is asking city leaders to pressure the South Korean government to end the practice of trading dog meat for consumption. -
Affordable Child Care Shouldn’t be Just for the Wealthy
Ruchika Tulshyan, lecturer of communication at the UW, and Tracey Whitten of The Seattle Women's Commission are quoted. -
We’re All a Little Biased, Even if We Don’t Know It
One of the newest chew toys in the presidential campaign is “implicit bias,” a term Mike Pence repeatedly took exception to in the vice-presidential debate on Tuesday.