In the Press

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
Urbanski
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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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