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Graduate student Devin Short publishes an essay in Lady Science
November 11, 2021
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Undergraduate Estey Chen publishes research on telecommunications and civil liberties in Myanmar
August 26, 2021
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Blue-collar workers at Silicon Valley companies hope for better future
August 20, 2021
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The circle of life: Amazon reportedly to open department stores in latest physical retail bid
August 19, 2021
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Amazon pushes back return to office until January, raising questions about pace of downtown COVID-19 recovery
August 5, 2021
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ArtSci Roundup: Grit City Think and Drink, Unpacking Form and Function: Ceramics, and More
August 4, 2021
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ArtSci Roundup: Lux Aeterna, Faculty Trio: Beethoven Piano Trios, Part 3, and More
July 29, 2021
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Biden says social media companies are 'killing people’ through the spread of misinformation and disinformation
July 17, 2021
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Dianne Harris named dean of UW College of Arts & Sciences
July 15, 2021
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CTRL-ALT-Delete? The internet industry’s D.C. powerhouse vanishes.
July 12, 2021
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Covid Didn’t Kill Cities. Why Was That Prophecy So Alluring?
July 12, 2021
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ArtSci Roundup: Will Rawls: Everlasting Stranger, Grit City Think & Drink: Global Themes in World History since 1500 in Five Images, and More
July 6, 2021
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Amazon’s new CEO will need to be more than Jeff Bezos 2.0
July 5, 2021
Larry Gossett, photo by Rick Dahms
Can't Hold Him Back: From radical youth to senior statesman, Larry Gossett is an activist for us all
June 23, 2021
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What it means for Juneteenth to be an official holiday
June 18, 2021
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Awards of Excellence
June 15, 2021
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Opinion: ‘BIPOC’ erases by omission Latinos like me
June 4, 2021
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UW bids farewell to trio of transformational leaders
June 1, 2021
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The Military Is Creating a ‘Gig Eagle’ App to Uber-ize Its Workforce
May 20, 2021
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Seattle’s COVID-19 rules have paid off for delivery-app drivers. What’s next?
May 16, 2021
Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
May 14, 2021
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COMMENTARY: The big lie in Volunteer Park
May 13, 2021
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ArtSci Roundup: A new Measure: the Revolutionary Quantum Reform of the Metric System, Sacred Breath: Indigenous Writing and Storytelling Series, and more
May 10, 2021
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W. Royal Stokes, who chronicled Washington jazz scene for The Post, dies at 90
May 4, 2021
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Property records still contains racist language
May 4, 2021
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ArtSci Roundup: Drive-In at On the Boards, The Engine Room Residencies: The Black Tones, and More
May 3, 2021
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Racist restrictions in old home deeds across Washington state will get expanded scrutiny
May 3, 2021
Protesters rally in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, as Russian authoritarianism has become deeper and stronger. (Sergey Ponomarev / The New York Times)
Opinion: With sanctions, let’s offer Russia incentives, too
April 28, 2021
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How America's 'places to be' have shifted over the past 100 years
April 27, 2021
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Overtime bill for agricultural workers marks a historic change for workers and industry
April 25, 2021
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What virtual learning has taught UW professors about the future of in-person schooling
April 22, 2021
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Anti-Asian hate: Peril under the white gaze
April 15, 2021
Ayianna Hopkins @ayi._.chan
Anti-Asian hate: Peril under the white gaze
April 15, 2021
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How Soviet Children’s Books Became Collectors’ Items in India
April 14, 2021
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Bipartisan concern over Big Tech’s impact on children could mean better odds of new regulations
April 11, 2021
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Day 2: Amazon defeated the union in Alabama, but did it win on the larger stage?
April 10, 2021
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Why Amazon and Jeff Bezos are backing a corporate tax rate hike
April 10, 2021
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Amazon workers’ push to unionize is over for now. Here’s what it means for the future
April 9, 2021
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Amazon workers’ push to unionize is over for now. Here’s what it means for the future
April 9, 2021
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Amazon Workers Vote Down Union Drive at Alabama Warehouse
April 9, 2021
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Amazon gears up to defend itself against escalating antitrust scrutiny
April 4, 2021
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‘It’s Irreversible’: Goldendale Green Energy Project Highlights A History Of Native Dispossession
April 2, 2021
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University of Washington graduate and professional disciplines rank highly in US News’ ‘Best Graduate School’ lists
March 29, 2021
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ArtSci Roundup: Music of Today: Indigo Mist, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, and More
March 29, 2021
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ArtSci Roundup: Fighting Visibility: Unpaid Gendered & Racialized Labor for the UFC, Beverly Guy-Sheftall – Say Her Name: The Urgency of Black Feminism Now, and More
March 25, 2021
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New Stroum Center podcast series ‘Jewish Questions’ explores anti-Semitism, features UW faculty
March 10, 2021
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In 1930, Blacks and Whites protested unemployment together. Police attacked them.
March 6, 2021
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A bust of York appears in a Portland park
February 28, 2021
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Is Seattle Mayor a Bad Job?
February 25, 2021
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Black history is American history
February 24, 2021
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COVID-19 interrupted a generation of theater artists. Now they wonder what’s next
February 24, 2021
Downtown Seattle
Will downtown Seattle bounce back after the pandemic?
February 21, 2021
The Seattle Times file photo
Seattle touts itself as the country’s most literate, most educated city. Whoa. We used to be pretty rough.
February 21, 2021
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Is there a place for ‘good union jobs’ in tech?
February 19, 2021
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"Republicans continue to believe conspiracy theories"
February 17, 2021
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UW books in brief: Historian Anand Yang explores British ‘penal transportation’
February 16, 2021
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If Work Is Going Remote, Why Is Big Tech Still Building?
February 16, 2021
Cayton Family, 1904, (Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature/Chicago Public Library)
The extraordinary Seattle legacy of the Cayton-Revels family
February 11, 2021
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Amazon wealth reigns: Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Scott lead list of top U.S. philanthropists for 2020
February 10, 2021
John D. Rockefeller. Credit: Bettmann Archive, via Getty Images
Opinion: After Amazon, what’s next for Jeff Bezos?
February 9, 2021
Devin Naar
Faculty/staff honors: Holocaust commemoration, new compositions, a top local album of 2020
February 9, 2021
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ArtSci Roundup: Patty Hayes – The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Impacts of Systemic Racism, Book Launch: Union by Law, and More
February 2, 2021
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Decentralizing art museums: The Henry’s museum guide internship spurs active community engagement
February 1, 2021
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Female Genital Cutting Is on the Rise During COVID in Kenya
January 28, 2021
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ArtSci Roundup: Meany On Screen: Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Maria Gaspar: Disappearance Landscape, and More
January 27, 2021
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ArtSci Roundup: Meany On Screen: Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Maria Gaspar: Disappearance Landscape, and More
January 27, 2021
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Experts say Biden’s inaugural address had folksy tone, direct message and phrase that will be remembered: ‘uncivil war’
January 20, 2021
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US historians on what Donald Trump's legacy will be
January 19, 2021
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Google workers make waves with new labor union
January 14, 2021
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Seldom-seen Amazon unit made the call that brought down pro-Trump Parler
January 13, 2021
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ArtSci Roundup: Events to honor Martin Luther King, Jr; ‘Attack on the Capitol: What Does It Mean for Democracy?’; COVID-19 and racial inequities — and more
January 12, 2021
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‘This has not happened before’: Tech historian on Trump, social media, and an unprecedented moment in American history
January 9, 2021
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'Seattle Now': Chaos in DC
January 7, 2021
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What is the 25th Amendment? Democrats, some Republicans calling for use on Trump
January 7, 2021
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ArtSci Roundup: The Converso’s Return, Drop-in Meditation Session, and More
January 6, 2021
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The Value of a Non-STEM Major, with Dean Stacey
January 5, 2021
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Faculty/staff honors: Distinguished educator, historic preservation planning award — and a film documentary appearance
January 4, 2021
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Amazon surpasses Boeing as Washington’s biggest employer. Here’s what that means for how we live.
January 3, 2021
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The Most-Read Stories of 2020
December 28, 2020
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The Year Inequality Became Less Visible, and More Visible Than Ever
December 28, 2020
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The Year Inequality Became Less Visible, and More Visible Than Ever
December 28, 2020
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Opinion: Silicon Valley isn’t over just because tech companies are moving away
December 28, 2020
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New course in Arctic histories
December 23, 2020
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Behold! UW-authored books and music for the good Dawgs on your shopping list
December 14, 2020
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Behold! UW-authored books and music for the good Dawgs on your shopping list
December 14, 2020
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The Technology 202: Facebook antitrust lawsuits will test government's ability to rein in Silicon Valley
December 10, 2020
A Place for History: Meet Turkiya Lowe ('10), National Park Service Chief Historian
December 9, 2020
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Jill Lepore on the ethically challenged birth of the computer age
December 4, 2020
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2020: The Course
December 1, 2020
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ArtSci Roundup: Katz Lecture: Remaking the Silicon Society, The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump, and more
November 30, 2020
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ENGL 285 is a cathartic creative writing class
November 30, 2020
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Pushed by Pandemic, Amazon Goes on a Hiring Spree Without Equal
November 27, 2020
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ArtSci Roundup: Ladino Day 2020, Commemorating the Centennial of the Negro Leagues in baseball, Meany Center presents Ragamala Dance Company, and More
November 23, 2020
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What happens to workplace perks when no-one’s in the office?
November 15, 2020
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ArtSci Roundup: Rick Steves at UW Global Month, Beethoven Piano Trios, Lessons (Not) Learned from the Holocaust, and more
November 12, 2020
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Seattle Now: Trump's refusal to concede
November 11, 2020
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Republican Loren Culp lost King County by the worst margin in at least four decades in Washington governor’s race
November 10, 2020
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Professor Margaret O’Mara on history around election concessions nationally and in Washington
November 9, 2020
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Opinion: Seattle Colleges In Crisis, But Harmful Budget Cuts Not The Answer
November 6, 2020
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Politics as it Applies to 2020
November 5, 2020
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Faculty/staff honors: New atmospheric research board trustee; prize-winning fiction; PBS show consultant
November 4, 2020
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Donald Trump isn’t first president to face illness in office, but stakes are now higher, local experts say
November 4, 2020
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How do we heal? History shows it will take consensus-building leadership, experts say
November 3, 2020
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ArtSci Roundup: Global Challenges Discussion, Katz Lecture: Abderrahmane Sissako, and more
November 3, 2020
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Left and right still talk in this district east of Seattle, but what does that mean when their candidate lands in D.C.?
October 30, 2020
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LIN HONGXUAN TELLS AN UNTOLD HISTORY
October 30, 2020
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Senate Republicans accuse tech CEOs of anti-conservative bias in hearing on ‘26 words that created the internet’
October 30, 2020
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COVID-19. Social unrest. Election Day. Where does 2020 stack up against other chaotic times in U.S. history — and where do we go from here?
October 30, 2020
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ArtSci Roundup: UW Global Month, 2020 Annual Space Policy and Research Center Symposium, and more
October 30, 2020
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‘2020: The Course’ ponders the meaning of this unusual year
October 30, 2020
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Why race matters in the 2020 election
October 27, 2020
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ArtSci Roundup: So Far So Good, Conversation with Jorge Ramos, and Emily Levesque in Conversation with KUOW’s Ross Reynolds
October 26, 2020
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Facing growing scrutiny from Congress, tech companies have sought to influence regulation. Here’s how much money they’ve given Northwest lawmakers
October 25, 2020
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Google Lawsuit Marks End Of Washington's Love Affair With Big Tech
October 21, 2020
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Boston loves its incumbent mayors. Is that phenomenon all that unique?
October 20, 2020
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New annual book prize named for late UW historian William Rorabaugh
October 16, 2020
Project Ninos
Glennys Young appears in documentary on Cold War CIA interrogation program in Spain
October 16, 2020
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ArtSci Roundup: Beyond Guilt Trips, Washin Kai: Rakugo by Katsura Sunshine, Protests for the Soul of a Nation, and More
October 13, 2020
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UW books in brief: Children’s books on STEM professionals, a courageous personal memoir — and UW Press looks back at 100
October 7, 2020
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Seattle Now: Trump's Seattle strategy
October 5, 2020
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UW secures competitive $1 million Luce Foundation grant to advance Southeast Asian research and community engagement
October 5, 2020
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Saving Uighur Culture From Genocide
October 4, 2020
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ArtSci Roundup: Velvet Sweatshops and Algorithmic Cruelty, Social Movements & Racial Justice, the Vice Presidential Debate Preview, and More
September 29, 2020
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Strong local reaction to Supreme Court nomination
September 26, 2020
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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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Has the skin lightener industry learned from Black Lives Matter?
September 21, 2020
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What Science and Technology Owe the National Defense
September 9, 2020
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OPINION: Black Life is Disrupted
September 9, 2020
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Language in Seattle-area rental ads divides neighborhoods along racial lines, UW study finds
September 7, 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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UW books in brief: Chinese funerary biographies, skin lighteners through history, NYC neighborhood gentrification study, Arthurian verse-novel in translation
April 29, 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
Omara
Why we need history majors to understand our future
April 24, 2019
QuinNita Gonzaga
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
Devin Narr
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
Quintard Taylor teaching
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
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Professor James Gregory Interviewed by KUOW
March 28, 2017
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March 14, 2017
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Lights, Cameras, History!
March 5, 2017
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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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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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The historical problem with talking about a president's first 100 days
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
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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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Seattle-area women: Clinton nomination an emotional milestone, but double standard endures
July 28, 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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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
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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."
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History Student Kathleen Noll Named 2014 Dean's Medalist in Social Sciences
June 27, 2014
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Op-Ed on the Fall of Kirkuk to Kurdish Forces
June 16, 2014
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History Professor Margaret O'Mara Talks Tech on "GeekWire" Radio Show
April 3, 2014
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Reviving the Language and Culture of Sephardic Jews
March 10, 2014
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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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September 26, 2013
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April 22, 2013
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