In his new book, Decade of Disunion, Robert W. Merry explores the critical lessons from the 1850s when the United States faced a growing crisis over slavery. The Mexican War's vast […]
Sequim––a quiet, coastal community just a couple hours away from Seattle––may seem like an unlikely microcosm for the rise of far-right politics. And yet, political journalist Sasha Abramsky has closely […]
Bob Bauer, a leading legal adviser to the National Democratic Party offers reflections on American politics, drawing from his 46-year career in his new book, The Unraveling. Exploring the erosion of […]
Professor of Political Science Paul Pierson, discusses his new book Partisan Nation. Co-authored with Eric Schickler, this book explores the roots of America's democratic crisis, highlighting how the mismatch between the […]
If there is one thing on our collective minds these days, it is the issue of politics. But for all the interest it piques, much of it remains a mystery […]
Note: There will be a live screening of the Vice Presidential debate pre-event at 6 pm. A single Seattle City Council seat is up for grabs this year – citywide Position 8. Seattle Nice podcast hosts Erica C. Barnett, Sandeep Kaushik, and David Hyde will moderate this lively debate between Tanya Woo and Alexis Rinck. […]
In Silicon Valley Imperialism, Erin McElroy examines the gentrification, racial dispossession, and economic exploitation that fueled Silicon Valley's development in the San Francisco Bay Area, and how this approach has spread to postsocialist Romania. Through ethnographic fieldwork and archival research in both Romania and the United States, McElroy uncovers how Silicon Valley's technocapitalism consumes spaces and […]
