Politics and Government

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 prompting mixed emotions.

UW design professor Karen Cheng and School of Art + Art History+ Design students invited to share public spending infographic with Seattle Police Department.

Orbital debris gets a lot of policy attention. however but the discourse is a convenient cover for ambitious military space powers worldwide.

Illegal wildlife trade has become the world’s fourth-largest international organized crime, according to a recent UW Biology study.

As Congress begins reviewing the Iran nuclear deal, opponents of the agreement are pouring tens of millions of dollars into an ad campaign airing nationwide.

The August primary election is two weeks away, and Seattle City Council races are kicking into high gear. Now candidates will run based on district thanks to a map drawn by a UW geographer.

Essentializing all single family zoning as inherently racist is unhelpful for understanding the role of racism in housing markets, according to the UW's Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project.

Mark Smith says while Pope Francis is perceived as shaking things up he is really reiterating themes that have been part of Catholic doctrine for a long time.

Crosscut offers a guide to all 47 contenders for the seven district positions and two at-large seats on Seattle's City Council.

The new Science Advisory Board members met to discuss how board members will integrate science into the Office of Justice Programs' decision making.

"For 200 years, the man who did most to set the United States on the path to prosperity and world power has been treated as a second-tier founder," writes lecturer Scott L. Montgomery.

Egyptian cabinet drafts new "anti-terror" laws as fighters linked to ISIL attack Sinai and Muslim Brotherhood call for revolt. Marwa Maziad, fellow at the Middle East Center at the UW, is referenced.

Man-made and defunct objects from over half a century worth of spacefaring now litter Earth orbits and poses a significant challenge.

David Hyde talks with University of Washington philosophy professor Michael Blake about the ethics of proposals by companies to hire more foreign workers.

Seattle is known as home to some of the world’s most successful corporations, but also to some of the most vigorous anti-capitalist protests. UW history professor Margaret O'Mara is quoted.