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Social and Behavioral Sciences

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Cincinnati Insiders Deflate Notion of DOJ 'Shadow Mayor'

    There's been a lot of fear-mongering over the U.S. Department of Justice's proposed consent decree with the city over police reforms. The feds reportedly want an outside monitor--a role Mayor Mike McGinn has likened to a "shadow mayor," interfering with the city's ability to respond rapidly to cris ... More >>

  • Film

    April 25, 2012

    We Have a Pope: But Not Much of a Story, Unfortunately

    There's been a lot of fear-mongering over the U.S. Department of Justice's proposed consent decree with the city over police reforms. The feds reportedly want an outside monitor--a role Mayor Mike McGinn has likened to a "shadow mayor," interfering with the city's ability to respond rapidly to cris ... More >>

  • Film

    December 21, 2011

    A Dangerous Method: Sigmund Freud Battles Carl Jung!

    There's been a lot of fear-mongering over the U.S. Department of Justice's proposed consent decree with the city over police reforms. The feds reportedly want an outside monitor--a role Mayor Mike McGinn has likened to a "shadow mayor," interfering with the city's ability to respond rapidly to cris ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Matt Barreto, UW Political Science Prof, On 2012 Election: Senate Repubs No Chance, Gov's Race a Tossup

    ​On Monday, Washington State Auditor Brian Sonntag announced that he won't run for governor, leaving only presumed frontrunners Rep. Jay Inslee (D) and Attorney General Rob McKenna (R) competing for the mansion at this early stage. But don't expect that dynamic to last, says UW Political Scie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    Walmart Ruling May Not Spell Doom for Costco Discrimination Case, Insists Plaintiffs' Lawyer

    ​Last year, when the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals gave the green light to class-action litigation against Walmart, the law firm handling the case hailed the decision as good news not only for that lawsuit but for one the firm is pursuing against Issaquah-based Costco. Brad Seligman, lead ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Roger Goodman, State Rep. and Congressional Candidate, Thinks He Can Win National Election on Medical-Marijuana Platform

    ​Last week when Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-Seattle) announced that she had "decided not to pursue further attempts this year to strengthen our state's voter-approved medical marijuana law" Washington lost its principal champion of medical-cannabis reform. But now State Rep. Roger Goodman (D- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2011

    New SIFF Review: Winds of Heaven

    ​If you haven't heard of Canadian artist Emily Carr (1871-1945), this documentary is a dull but informative account of a career that had only a second act. The headstrong daughter of a Victoria, B.C. merchant, she trained a painter there and in London and Paris. Only in 1927, however, were her ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 23, 2011

    Wanxin Zhang

    ​If you haven't heard of Canadian artist Emily Carr (1871-1945), this documentary is a dull but informative account of a career that had only a second act. The headstrong daughter of a Victoria, B.C. merchant, she trained a painter there and in London and Paris. Only in 1927, however, were her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Today in Sex: Blue Balls = Happier Couples?

    ​You know how your mom used to tell you that nobody was going to buy that cow if you kept giving away the milk for for free? Putting aside the very relevant facts that getting married shouldn't be like being purchased and "giving it away" implies having your udders suckled isn't a perfectly de ... More >>

  • Arts

    October 13, 2010

    Opening Nights: God of Carnage

    ​You know how your mom used to tell you that nobody was going to buy that cow if you kept giving away the milk for for free? Putting aside the very relevant facts that getting married shouldn't be like being purchased and "giving it away" implies having your udders suckled isn't a perfectly de ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2010

    Asylum Denied

    Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    Tacoma May Be a Million Dollars Richer, Thanks to Immigrants in Detention

    ICE: balancing state budgets one arrest at a time.​One of the federal government's traditional selling points on the census is that it determines how federal grant dollars are awarded. The higher the reported population in a given state, the more money it receives for things like roads, Medica ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Richard Shelby Slams Gary Locke Over Sex Offenders in the Census Bureau

    With so many census workers going door to door, it's no surprise to find one or two bad apples.​Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby slammed Commerce Secretary and former Washington governor Gary Locke in a letter after two high-profile incidents involving census bureau workers. In the first, a New Je ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    Metal is For Lifers

    As filmmaker and anthropologist Sam Dunn has noted (and as any metal aficionado can attest), if you truly love heavy metal, it's just not something you outgrow. Leave it to the BBC to document this reality in such a charming fashion:

  • Calendar

    February 3, 2010

    X-Ray Press

    As filmmaker and anthropologist Sam Dunn has noted (and as any metal aficionado can attest), if you truly love heavy metal, it's just not something you outgrow. Leave it to the BBC to document this reality in such a charming fashion:

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2010

    Last Night: Feral Children Crush Neumos

    Chris KornelisFeral Children played Neumos on Wednesday, Jan. 27. John Atkins opened the show along with Jabon.​The only thing better than a band with two drummers is a band with three. I feel like a herd of elephants just stomped on my face.

  • Music

    January 27, 2010

    Rocket Queen: Tree People

    Unlike most bands, Maple Valley's Feral Children lives up to its name.

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    Tonight: Feral Children, With John Atkins and Jabon

    Lance MercerFeral Children play Neumos with John Atkins. Tickets are $8 for the 8 p.m. show.​ From This Week's Rocket Queen Column: Feral Children's 2007 debut, Second to the Last Frontier (reissued by their current label, Sarathan, in 2008), garnered them critical hosannas, heavy rotation o ... More >>

  • Diversions

    January 13, 2010

    Why Aren’t Mexican Americans Considered Native Americans?

    Lance MercerFeral Children play Neumos with John Atkins. Tickets are $8 for the 8 p.m. show.​ From This Week's Rocket Queen Column: Feral Children's 2007 debut, Second to the Last Frontier (reissued by their current label, Sarathan, in 2008), garnered them critical hosannas, heavy rotation o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2009

    Reader: Cleveland High School Will Succeed Because of New Students, Not New Plan

    FlickrMaria Goodloe-Johnson's success will have little to do with a cash infusion and new game plan, says a reader.​Reader Charlie Mas responds to Will Cleveland High School Become Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson's Crown Jewel or Albatross? Charlie says Cleveland High School's success wil ... More >>

  • Arts

    December 16, 2009

    The Fussy Eye: Ode to Globo

    No love for the hulking edifice at Greg Kucera?

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2008

    Don't Like the Olsen Twins' Fashion? Click Here

    I adore fashion. I hate fashion writing. I especially hate magazines like Vogue and Harper's Bazaar that hail celebrities like the Olsen twins "fashion forward" with their weird head scarves and caked on makeup. See above photo. Seriously. Any woman in her right mind knows that dark lips ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 19, 2008

    Dead Confederate

    Wednesday, November 19

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2008

    Great Art Exhibits In.... Tacoma?

    Wednesday, November 19

  • Calendar

    March 26, 2008

    Consumed

    Tonya Lockyer writes her résumé with her feet

  • Calendar

    December 5, 2007

    KEXP Yule Benefit

    Saturday, December 8

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2007

    Road Page

    Saturday, December 8

  • News

    October 19, 2005

    Fair, Balanced, Foolproof

    Oct. 19-25, 2005

  • News

    August 31, 2005

    Open Government, Media, Psychology, and Genetics

    Oct. 19-25, 2005

  • Music

    July 27, 2005

    Brian Coleman

    Oct. 19-25, 2005

  • News

    June 23, 2004

    Till Death Do They Part?

    Researchers wonder whether same-sex couples are up to the commitment.

  • News

    June 2, 2004

    Decline to Sign

    Paid signature gatherers are a symptom of government failure and citizen ignorance.

  • Diversions

    November 12, 2003

    Singletons in Seattle

    Why don't Seattle demographic trends and zoning policies add up? Maybe because the city can't count to one.

  • Music

    September 4, 2002

    CD Reviews

    Why don't Seattle demographic trends and zoning policies add up? Maybe because the city can't count to one.

  • News

    August 21, 2002

    What Little Boys Are Made Of

    Send them to special ed . . . especially if they're black.

  • Arts

    July 24, 2002

    Here, Then Gone

    Send them to special ed . . . especially if they're black.

  • News

    June 19, 2002

    The Stephen Kelley Affair

    Why UW's primate center hired a controversial vet, and why activists can't stop it.

  • News

    May 23, 2001

    Visual arts events

    Why UW's primate center hired a controversial vet, and why activists can't stop it.

  • Arts

    May 16, 2001

    The art of revival

    Appropriating the past with designer Art Chantry.

  • News

    May 2, 2001

    19 Weekly positions on sex

    Appropriating the past with designer Art Chantry.

  • Arts

    January 17, 2001

    Superior beings

    The terrain is recognizable, but the natives are rank strangers.

  • Music

    September 20, 2000

    Rock 'n' roles

    The music industry's hate-fueled gender gap and its chart-topping front men.

  • Arts

    March 1, 2000

    And, for the (Fossil) Record...

    The music industry's hate-fueled gender gap and its chart-topping front men.

  • Arts

    August 18, 1999

    Show Us the Money

    The not-so-bright future of the world economy.

  • Arts

    August 11, 1999

    Age of Dissonance

    The heroine of Tama Janowitz's latest novel has neither sense nor sensibility.

  • News

    June 16, 1999

    Torturing small animals

    The heroine of Tama Janowitz's latest novel has neither sense nor sensibility.

  • News

    November 4, 1998

    Something Kennewicked this way comes

    Boneheads gather as Kennewick man comes to town.

  • News

    May 27, 1998

    One is not the loneliest number

    Be like me: Stop after the first kid, says Bill McKibben.

  • Arts

    March 11, 1998

    The Master of the Almost-Factual Essay

    Jo Ann Beard's stunning debut limns the gray area between fact and memory.

  • News

    February 25, 1998

    Trying to lock up wedlock

    "Covenant marriage" boosters fight divorce with phony stats.

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