In the Press

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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
(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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Why some protests change the world (and why they sometimes fail)
(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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An open letter from urban affairs and housing scholars to the Senate: Reject Ben Carson as HUD Secretary
(January 11, 2017)