Social Justice

Jackson School Director Reşat Kasaba, who has spent his career studying Turkish politics and is an expert in international relations, spoke to King 5 TV news about the unfolding attempted coup crisis

Long before Facebook and YouTube shared the horrific videos of the fatal police shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, few websites shared the visceral truth of police brutality.

A good measure of how highly a government values “public safety” is the amount spent incarcerating people; a good measure of how little it values people is how much it costs an individual to be impris

What’s the next step in the war against Islamic State-based terrorism?

Tucked in a quiet corner of the UW Quad, Smith Hall is as peaceful as it gets on the Seattle campus. But walk inside and you’ll find torture, incarceration, and assassinations.

A video on what it means to talk about race. Two College of Arts and Science students featured.

I-1515 would amend the state’s discrimination law so that public and private entities could restrict  “private facilities” to “biologically” male or female.

Americans often pay for their crimes twice — first with a prison sentence, then with a lifetime of debt many will never be able to escape.

Samuel K. Wasser, a zoologist at the University of Washington, is a Sherlock Holmes of the wildlife trade.

The United States has reinstated a broad system of debtors’ prisons, in effect making it a crime to be poor. Alexes Harris, associate professor of sociology at the UW, is quoted.

"A debtor’s prison of court fines and fees needs to be reformed," writes The Seattle Times Editorial Board. Alexes Harris, associate professor of sociology at the UW, is quoted.

Donald Trump's comments about Sen. Elizabeth Warren, calling her to "Pocahontas," have sparked a new discussion in the election dialogue.

UW professor Alexes Harris' new book examines how fines and fees keep people imprisoned long after their sentence is through.

This year, the annual Airbnb conference, OpenAir, will focus on a different challenge for the company and the tech industry: diversity and inclusion.

Ron and Vanessa Ford are the parents of a 5-year-old transgender child. A recent UW study is referenced.