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Historian solves mystery of lost World War II pilot
September 21, 2020
Beneath the Surface: A Transnational History of Skin Lighteners, by Lynn Thomas
Has the skin lightener industry learned from Black Lives Matter?
September 21, 2020
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In Peru, virus erodes centuries-old burial traditions
September 2, 2020
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The historian of Seattle hip-hop
September 1, 2020
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After push from Native organizations, King County will add tribal affiliations to its homelessness database
August 31, 2020
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Debate over protest tactics during Seattle demonstrations exposes deep divides
August 30, 2020
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75 years after WWII, those who lived it share how it changed them, Seattle
August 30, 2020
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Seattle’s residential real estate industry is talking about race and wrestling with some history
August 16, 2020
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Amazon downplays latest relocation rumors, but experts say COVID makes Seattle even less attractive
August 14, 2020
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UW professors give insights on the past, present, and future of Ladino
August 11, 2020
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Podcast | What regulation of Big Tech might look like
August 7, 2020
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After two months of protests, Seattle activists say work not done
August 3, 2020
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The Last Days of the Tech Emperors?
July 30, 2020
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UW Libraries publishes new online research guides on racial justice, African American experience in Pacific Northwest
July 29, 2020
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That was a lark': A war hero from Stanford and his tragic VP debate in 1992
July 26, 2020
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If you can land a man on the moon ...
July 22, 2020
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Four "Remarkable" Dean's Medalists
July 9, 2020
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China has shown it is willing to pay the economic price of suppressing Hong Kong
July 9, 2020
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Thousands of contracts highlight quiet ties between Big Tech and U.S. military
July 8, 2020
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Amid rising racial tensions, parts of the Pacific Northwest don’t feel safe, BIPOC travelers say. Do we need a new Green Book?
July 2, 2020
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Seattle Now: What the Fourth of July is and isn't
July 1, 2020
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A summer of protest, unemployment and presidential politics – welcome to 1932
July 1, 2020
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ArtSci Roundup: Drop-in meditation session, Jacob Lawrence Vimeo channel, and more
June 29, 2020
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Don’t Be Fooled by Seattle’s Police-Free Zone
June 24, 2020
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Seattle's activist-occupied zone is just the latest in a long history of movements and protests
June 21, 2020
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Seattle’s Black women activists have been marching for decades
June 18, 2020
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Amazon Uses ‘Hardball’ Non-Competes in Ways California Rivals Can’t
June 17, 2020
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Protesters Want Seattle De-gentrified—This is How It Could Happen
June 17, 2020
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Check out more than 20 must-read books to learn more about Black history, racism and social justice
June 11, 2020
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How Seattle's unemployed survived the Great Depression
June 10, 2020
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22 UW students receive Fulbright awards
June 4, 2020
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Tech Companies Denounce Racism. Will Silicon Valley Change?
June 1, 2020
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Seattle area corporations respond to protests over police brutality with messages of solidarity, but few specifics
June 1, 2020
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ArtSci Roundup: Pandemic Then (and Now), UW Bothell 2020 MFA Spring Festival, and more
May 27, 2020
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Facebook will now let some employees work from anywhere, but their paychecks could get cut
May 21, 2020
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ArtSci Roundup: Former Prime Minister of Italy Talk, Pandemic Urbanism Symposium, and more
May 19, 2020
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Opinion: Twitter Could End the Office as We Know It
May 19, 2020
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Big Tech was first to send workers home. Now it’s in no rush to bring them back.
May 18, 2020
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“We Can’t Not Talk about It”: History Instructors Teach the Virus
May 18, 2020
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Comparing the Great Depression in Washington to the COVID-19 crisis
May 14, 2020
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UW History Professors Investigate Global Histories of Health in New Books
May 13, 2020
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Faculty/staff honors: Distinguished contributions to Asian studies, social equity award, Swedish physical geography honor, new Cascade Public Media director
May 6, 2020
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Opinion: The Coronavirus Could Rewrite the Rules for Silicon Valley
April 30, 2020
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Field report: Honors course explores whether national parks are in progress or peril
April 22, 2020
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ArtSci Roundup: Earth Day with the Department of History, Colloquia Series lecture returns online, Ask Your Farmer, and more
April 15, 2020
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Faculty Friday: Mira Green
April 9, 2020
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Coronavirus Will Change the World Permanently. Here’s How.
March 19, 2020
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Opinion: America Is at War, and There’s Only One Enemy
March 18, 2020
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Coronavirus: Three lessons from the AIDS crisis
March 16, 2020
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Life in Seattle, America’s Coronavirus Capital: The crisis is forcing a tech boomtown to hit pause
March 9, 2020
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Everything Is Innovative When You Ignore the Past
March 9, 2020
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There’s a complex history of skin lighteners in Africa and beyond
March 6, 2020
Vancouver waterfront by C. Stenerson courtesy of flickr
Rogues Of Vancouver
March 6, 2020
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Life in Seattle, America’s Coronavirus Capital
March 5, 2020
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There’s a complex history of skin lighteners in Africa and beyond
March 5, 2020
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Meet the mystery woman who co-founded Krusteaz in Seattle … and whose story has been lost to history
February 28, 2020
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Kickstarter union seen as a breakthrough for tech activists
February 20, 2020
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Jeff Bezos Commits $10 Billion to Address Climate Change
February 17, 2020
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The Day America Went Dry: Looking Back At Prohibition 100 Years Later
February 14, 2020
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These Amazon workers love Sanders even if he trash-talks their company
February 11, 2020
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Democrats Face Off in New Hampshire in the First of 3 February Presidential Primary Debates. Here's What to Know
February 2, 2020
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Faculty Friday: Patricia Ebrey
January 30, 2020
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A West Coast union faces bankruptcy. Here’s why unions nationwide are unnerved
January 28, 2020
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The Duwamish people were here first. Should Seattleites pay them rent?
January 27, 2020
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Amazon employees launch mass defiance of company communications policy in support of colleagues
January 27, 2020
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Seattle’s hidden housing crisis: Middle-class workers forced out of the city
January 22, 2020
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Developer demolishing Keiro gives short shrift to area’s history
January 16, 2020
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Studying Seattle’s Roaring ’20s history might help us get through this next decade
January 10, 2020
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By the numbers: UW in the media in 2019
January 9, 2020
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Mindful travel, Silicon Valley’s evolution, Schumann on viola, Seattle history — UW-authored books, music for the Husky on your list
December 19, 2019
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Why Microsoft is getting behind a revolutionary plan for high-speed rail in the Pacific Northwest
December 19, 2019
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The December Democratic Debate Airs Tonight From Los Angeles. Here’s What to Know
December 19, 2019
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The Imperial Powers of the Tech Universe
December 17, 2019
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Exploring the Curious Sources of Medieval Law: An Interview with Acclaimed Historian Robin Chapman Stacey
December 3, 2019
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Investigating Technology and the Remaking of America
December 3, 2019
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Opinion: Don’t Blame Tech Bros for the Housing Crisis
December 3, 2019
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Amazon Critics Rally at Bezos NYC Penthouse for Cyber Monday
December 2, 2019
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Don't Blame Tech Bros for the Housing Crisis
November 30, 2019
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Impact of WTO Protests in Seattle Still Felt 2 Decades Later
November 28, 2019
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Opinion: Can Amazon become a responsible urban citizen?
November 14, 2019
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University of Washington Named Best for History Majors in State
November 5, 2019
Racquel West
A Museum Mission
November 5, 2019
Racquel West framed by shelves of storage at the Burke Museum.
A Museum Mission
November 3, 2019
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The Church of Techno-Optimism
October 1, 2019
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Faculty Spotlight: Charity Urbanski
August 30, 2019
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National attention, praise for new Silicon Valley history ‘The Code’ by UW historian Margaret O’Mara
July 15, 2019
Margaret O'Mara on MSNBC
'The Code' looks at big tech's role in remaking America
July 11, 2019
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UW Books in Brief: US credit markets in history, ‘value sensitive’ design, the lasting effects of reproductive slavery, and more
July 11, 2019
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Podcast | Biography of Silicon Valley
July 10, 2019
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Letting the internet regulate itself was a good idea–in the 1990s
July 9, 2019
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Facebook should be punished, not broken up
May 16, 2019
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Why we need history majors to understand our future
April 24, 2019
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A New Voice in Eastern Washington. Department of History alumni, Quin'Nita Cobbins-Modica, and her role at Gonzaga University. 
April 22, 2019
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Raising their Voices: Seen Through the Eyes of Charity Urbanski, Senior Lecturer in History, the Women of Medieval Europe Have a Lot to Teach Today’s Students
March 25, 2019
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Department of History's Devin Naar featured in documentary at Seattle's Jewish Film Festival.
March 20, 2019
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Amazon’s Hard Bargain Extends Far Beyond New York
March 5, 2019
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Jay Inslee is running for president. Does he have a shot?
March 1, 2019
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Jay Inslee announces climate-focused 2020 presidential run. Does he stand a chance?
March 1, 2019
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Do you speak Ladino? Meet the folks trying to save a dying language
February 26, 2019
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The Freddie Mercury story that goes untold in 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
February 26, 2019
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The Freddie Mercury story that goes untold in ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
February 25, 2019
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University of Washington is a top producer of Fulbright recipients
February 21, 2019
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Faculty Friday: Adam Warren
February 7, 2019
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UW to mark centennial of 1919 Seattle General Strike
February 1, 2019
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Ahead of its 100th anniversary, revisiting the Seattle General Strike and the city’s long legacy of organized labor
January 23, 2019
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Even blue-chip companies fail. Here’s how to save their workers, and towns, when they do.
January 11, 2019
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The deed to your Seattle-area home may contain racist language. Here’s how to fix it.
January 8, 2019
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A Warning From Seattle to Amazon’s HQ2
January 8, 2019
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Interview: New Books In The American West
January 8, 2019
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The End of Privacy Began in the 1960s
January 8, 2019
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How the Vietnam War Empowered the Hippie Movement
January 8, 2019
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The Tech Talent is Rumbling in Silicon Valley
January 8, 2019
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The End of Privacy Began in the 1960s
December 5, 2018
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Department of History Professor James Gregory on the history of 'Redlining' in Seattle. 
November 13, 2018
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Electing a Record Number of Women to Congress Is Great. But It’s Not the Goal
November 7, 2018
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Silicon Valley can't escape the business of war
October 29, 2018
Library Books
A Banner Year For Faculty Books
October 19, 2018
Professor George Behlmer
Race, empire, agency explored in UW history professor’s book ‘Risky Shores: Savagery and Colonialism in the Western Pacific’
October 10, 2018
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UW historian Margaret O'Mara discusses famous 1968 computer mouse 'demo' – and the start of Silicon Valley – for new podcast by The Conversation
September 20, 2018
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Working class heroes: A look inside the Labor Archives of Washington
August 31, 2018
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Labor leader Frank Jenkins honored with UW fellowship
August 14, 2018
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Amazon HQ2 bid is already paying off for some cities
August 1, 2018
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How refugees in Britain went from living in old bunkers and stately homes to being detained in cells
July 19, 2018
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Barbs for Bezos but Bill Gates largely admired in Seattle
July 3, 2018
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Refugees, citizens and camps: A very British history
June 21, 2018
Department of History, Doctoral Candidate Michael Aguirre
Cinco de Mayo and Cultural Appropriation - an interview with graduate student Michael Aguirre 
May 5, 2018
Award Winnning Faculty Quintard Taylor and Laurie Marhoefer
Home of Award-Winning Faculty
April 6, 2018
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Boomtown Seattle: Why we move here–and how we're all in it together
February 22, 2018
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Award Winning Faculty: Congratulations Laurie Marhoefer!  
January 8, 2018
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2018 History Lecture Series
January 4, 2018
Ross Coen in the archive
When History Has More To Say
January 3, 2018
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Google to give #1 billion to nonprofits and help Americans get jobs in the new economy
October 16, 2017
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Neo-Nazis 'provoke violence, get a media platform'
September 25, 2017
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Professor Emeritus Quintard Taylor Awarded Robert Gray Medal by WA State Historical Society
September 14, 2017
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A race to the bottom? Amazon stirs debate by soliciting tax credits for second headquarters
September 12, 2017
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200 years later, Centralia celebrates its very own George Washington
August 15, 2017
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Worried about a nuke dropping on Seattle? Old news — we spent the Cold War years preparing
August 15, 2017
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Alt-right finds a new hero: ex-Googler James Damore
August 15, 2017
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Run-up to revolution: Early American history seen through the stage in Odai Johnson’s book ‘London in a Box’
July 28, 2017
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Military's transgender challenges are reminder of race, gender struggles
July 28, 2017
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From gay Nazi to "we're here, we're queer": A century of arguing about gay pride
June 27, 2017
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'Scales of Struggle'
June 8, 2017
Distinguished Teacher Awards 2017
Of the highest grade
June 5, 2017
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Mark Zuckerberg has a Harvard degree and a mission: create a sense of purpose
May 31, 2017
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Labor Archives: Everett Massacre
May 23, 2017
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'My Family's Slave'– can Alex Tizon be forgiven for his sins?
May 19, 2017
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The forgotten origins of the modern gay rights movement in WWI
May 15, 2017
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The epic and bizarre first 110 days of the Trump presidency
May 12, 2017
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Faculty Featured in Local, National News Media
April 24, 2017
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'Panic' over Trump takes us to activism we haven’t seen in 157 years
April 13, 2017
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Historical reference for US relations with Russia
April 12, 2017
Professor James Gregory
Professor James Gregory Interviewed by KUOW
March 28, 2017
Jessica Bachman with Indian actor-director Randhir Kapoor in India.
Bollywood & Bolsheviks Visit Suzzallo
March 14, 2017
History TV setting up cameras at lecture
Lights, Cameras, History!
March 5, 2017
Quintard Taylor teaching
Quintard Taylor Featured in Pacific NW Magazine
February 26, 2017
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CBC's 'The National' | UW historian Margaret O'Mara on the historical significance of President Trump's executive orders
January 30, 2017
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Has Seattle always been so progressive?
January 26, 2017
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The historical problem with talking about a president's first 100 days
January 24, 2017
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Startup stories: Join us for a discussion on what it is like in the entrepreneurial trenches
January 24, 2017
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Why some protests change the world (and why they sometimes fail)
January 24, 2017
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An open letter from urban affairs and housing scholars to the Senate: Reject Ben Carson as HUD Secretary
January 11, 2017
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Historians in the Age of Trump
January 9, 2017
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The best Northwest nonfiction of 2016
December 27, 2016
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Science Through a Humanist Lens
December 14, 2016
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Here’s Why You Should Attend Xconomy Intersect on Thursday
December 6, 2016
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Seattle historian sees two reasons to hope in the face of hate
November 28, 2016
History Grad Student Jennifer Smith Featured by the College of Arts & Sciences
November 17, 2016
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Here’s how Seattle became so segregated
November 7, 2016
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton
It's Not as Bad as You Think
November 2, 2016
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Voter indecision: Follow two local voters struggling to select a presidential candidate
October 10, 2016
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New History Project: LGBTQ Activism in Seattle
October 6, 2016
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Get smarter than the spin after the first Clinton-Trump debate
September 28, 2016
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Why is Seattle so racially segregated?
September 22, 2016
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This environmentalist (grudgingly) sides with Trump on trade debate
September 19, 2016
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Trump coming to enemy territory (aka Washington state)
September 1, 2016
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Trump coming to enemy territory (aka Washington state)
August 29, 2016
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UW will host 2017 summer institute on teaching urban environmental issues
August 22, 2016
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Historians find UO’s founder held racist views, though not consistently
August 12, 2016
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Think these conventions were bad for unity? You should have been watching in 1924
July 28, 2016
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Seattle-area women: Clinton nomination an emotional milestone, but double standard endures
July 28, 2016
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Why so few women have run for president of the United States
July 27, 2016
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Former Oregon Lumber Town Rides Digital Wave to a Comeback
July 26, 2016
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Post-convention, Washington Republicans still split over Trump
July 23, 2016
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The Worst Convention in U.S. History?
July 22, 2016
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A Year to Be Forgotten
July 22, 2016
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Trump: The College Years
July 3, 2016
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Digital History Initiative: Mapping American Social Movements Through the 20th Century
March 3, 2016
Quintard Taylor
Emeritus Professor Quintard Taylor Featured in KPLU Article
March 3, 2016
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Professor Devin Naar is "almost single-handedly saving the Ladino language."
August 11, 2014
Kathleen Noll (Photo credit: Isaiah Brookshire)
History Student Kathleen Noll Named 2014 Dean's Medalist in Social Sciences
June 27, 2014
Arbella Bet-Shlimon
Op-Ed on the Fall of Kirkuk to Kurdish Forces
June 16, 2014
Professor Margaret O'Mara
History Professor Margaret O'Mara Talks Tech on "GeekWire" Radio Show
April 3, 2014
Professor Devin Naar
Reviving the Language and Culture of Sephardic Jews
March 10, 2014
Quintard Taylor
Prof. Quintard Taylor's African American History Website featured by USA Today
March 10, 2014
Professor Jung Interviewed About History of Sugar in America
February 18, 2014
Professor James Gregory
Prof. James Gregory featured in CNN piece on Washington State and Workers' Rights
February 7, 2014
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Translation: An Interview with Vicente Rafael
January 6, 2014
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Professor Vincente Rafael on rich history of Tacloban
November 14, 2013
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History News Network Features UW Alum
October 29, 2013
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UW Today on the History Lecture Series
September 26, 2013
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Cities are the Living Embodiments of Past Decisions
April 22, 2013
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