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Infusing ancient Ladino songs with rap to keep a culture alive
Posted 09/02/2015
Rabbi Simon Benzaquen and Alex Hernandez call themselves Los Seranos, the watchmen, and they're safeguarding messages locked in Ladino song lyrics
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Identity crisis: Wives of immigrant tech workers struggle to find purpos
Posted 08/28/2015
“It’s very challenging for many of the women who come here as spouses,” says Amy Bhatt, who did her Ph.D. research on high-tech immigrant communities
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Author's work 'The Sea Is My Country' explores importance
Posted 08/28/2015
This September, Joshua Reid will start a new job as associate professor in history and Native American studies.
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Study: Mixed-race couples with black partners more likely to live in poo
Posted 08/25/2015
Though the number of mixed-race couples in the United States has nearly quadrupled since 1980, relatively little research has been done about where
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Blacks hit hardest by public-sector job losses during recession, study f
Posted 08/24/2015
The public sector has long served as an equalizer in American society, a place where minority workers could find stable employment that offered
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UW political scientist Megan Francis looks at philanthropy and racial in
Posted 08/19/2015
Protecting African-Americans from state-sanctioned violence remains “an unmet challenge for civil rights groups committed to racial equality.”
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Local race and politics expert weighs in on Black Lives Matter momentum
Posted 08/18/2015
The Black Lives Matter Movement remains a prominent force on the presidential campaign trail, with the latest confrontation targeting Democratic
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Black Lives Matter protesters were (mostly) right
Posted 08/13/2015
Here are five of the main points that Black Lives Matter activists were trying to share at Saturday's Bernie Sanders event. Alexandra Harmon, UW
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Why Seattle needs to talk about race
Posted 08/11/2015
Professor Quintard Taylor says people talk about race without understanding the historical context in which it is shaped. Unsurprisingly, people talk
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Why the silence of moderate conservatives is dangerous for race relation
Posted 08/10/2015
A pair of professors say the persistence of racism rests in part on the inability of moderate conservatives to recognize its continued negative
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Seattle Jews weigh becoming Spanish citizens, more than 500 years after
Posted 08/09/2015
In Seattle's large and vibrant Sephardic community, Spain's new law offering dual citizenship to descendants of Jews it kicked out in 1492 is
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UW historian's website honored by National Education Association
Posted 07/24/2015
BlackPast.org, an online reference center for African-American history and African ancestry created by UW history professor Quintard Taylor, has been
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Seeking resolution for a sad chapter in Seattle's history
Posted 07/23/2015
Seattle City Council member Nick Licata will introduce a resolution July 29 that expresses regret for the anti-Chinese legislation and riots in the
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New inductees to UW Communication's Alumni Hall of Fame announced
Posted 07/21/2015
A ceremony will be held to honor them on Thursday, October 1 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the University of Washington Club.
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9 words that shook Seattle: Are our zoning roots really racial?
Posted 07/20/2015
Essentializing all single family zoning as inherently racist is unhelpful for understanding the role of racism in housing markets, according to the UW
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