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In a new novel by Jess Walter, the personal and the political collide during a historic, and still relevant, labor battle in Spokane.

As COVID-19 continues claiming lives, many workers remain vulnerable to exposure. Will they fight back by withholding their labor?

The South Seattle sanctuary is a testament to the power of public space and the promise of racial integration.

There are lessons we could apply to today's Seattle, which faces many of the same issues of 1919.

The Seattle I grew up in was far from perfect, but its recent reaction to the head tax has shaken me to the core.

Legislative caucuses are off limits to the press and public, including anthropologists.

State Sen. Andy Hill, a prototypical Washington legislator: white, male, well-educated and well to do. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Laws about taxing or not taxing online sales are an example of a cultural invention that dictates the way we view and behave in the "real" world.

Facial expressions and posture send signals about relationships and power dynamics.

An anthropologist in the capital, studying state lawmakers in their natural habitat.