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Writing on Higher Education by Trevor Griffey

Academe, 2021

The campaign for a New Deal for Higher Education in the United States must address the fact that ... more The campaign for a New Deal for Higher Education in the United States must address the fact that more than two-thirds of faculty members in higher education today are temporary employees working in demoralizing gig-economy conditions, too many of whom suffer from low pay, large class sizes, and excessive workloads that punish rather than reward excellent teaching.

Labor: Studies in Working Class History, 2021

Remaking the University (blog), 2019

LABOR Online, Sep 2, 2016

Writing on U.S. History and the Surveillance State by Trevor Griffey

Left History, 2012

Review of Robert Justin Goldstein, American Blacklist: The Attorney General's List of Subversive ... more Review of Robert Justin Goldstein, American Blacklist: The Attorney General's List of Subversive Organizations (2008); Ivan Greenberg, The Dangers of Dissent: The FBI and Civil Liberties Since 1965 (2010); and Tim Wiener, Enemies: A History of the FBI (2012).

Overview of FBI files on Herbert Hill, longtime NAACP activist.

A close reading of the FBI file of former Black Panther Party Activist Richard Aoki, for a news w... more A close reading of the FBI file of former Black Panther Party Activist Richard Aoki, for a news web site.

Articles on Public History by Trevor Griffey

Labor: Studies in Working Class History of the Americas, Sep 2012

Magazine of History, Jan 2012

Perspectives on History, Apr 2007

Diversity & Democracy: Civic Learning for Shared Futures, 2008

Academe, 2021

Labor: Studies in Working Class History, 2021

Remaking the University (blog), 2019

LABOR Online, Sep 2, 2016

Left History, 2012

Overview of FBI files on Herbert Hill, longtime NAACP activist.

Labor: Studies in Working Class History of the Americas, Sep 2012

Magazine of History, Jan 2012

Perspectives on History, Apr 2007

Diversity & Democracy: Civic Learning for Shared Futures, 2008

Newsletter of the Simpson Center for the Humanities, Oct 2005

Preservation Seattle, Jan 2004

History of Yesler Terrace public housing project in Seattle and attempts to save it from destruct... more History of Yesler Terrace public housing project in Seattle and attempts to save it from destruction through use of historic preservation laws.

Preservation Seattle, Oct 2003

History of attempts to resist gentrification of and protect small businesses in North Rainier Val... more History of attempts to resist gentrification of and protect small businesses in North Rainier Valley through use of historic preservation law.

Preservation Seattle, Oct 2003

Interview with Cathy Galbraith about African American history and historic preservation in the Pa... more Interview with Cathy Galbraith about African American history and historic preservation in the Pacific Northwest, particularly Seattle and Portland.

Preservation Seattle, Jun 2004

Short history of the preservation of Pike Place Market in Seattle, with an emphasis on the connec... more Short history of the preservation of Pike Place Market in Seattle, with an emphasis on the connection between the preservation of buildings and the provision of social services to poor people, that also addresses ongoing issues about whether historic preservation can benefit tourists and residents at the same time.

Preservation Seattle, Sep 2003

Interview with Abby Rubinson about historic preservation in Seattle's Pioneer Square neighborhood.

Preservation Seattle, Aug 2003

Interview with Amanda McGarty at the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) about ways to reach o... more Interview with Amanda McGarty at the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) about ways to reach out to young people about local history in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.

Real Change, Aug 10, 2005

Why do so many charity and housing programs, with all their benevolent rhetoric, end up being so ... more Why do so many charity and housing programs, with all their benevolent rhetoric, end up being so inadequate, mean-spirited and counterproductive? This is not a new question. But Feldman’s answer — in a brief academic work of political theory — is worth exploring, even if few non-academics will read his book, which, though readable, isn’t particularly accessible.

Real Change, 2009

If the economic crisis has given you a sense of historical déjà vu, you’re not alone. Unregulated... more If the economic crisis has given you a sense of historical déjà vu, you’re not alone. Unregulated capitalism’s latest failure has people increasingly turning to the past — to the history of the Great Depression and the New Deal — for concepts and metaphors to make sense of the present and express visions for the future. To put the current crisis in broader historical perspective, Real Change spoke with Alice O’Connor, an historian of the American welfare state at UC Santa Barbara, during her recent trip to Seattle.

Real Change, Nov 5, 2008

No matter who the next President of the United States is, he will be unable to provide any quick ... more No matter who the next President of the United States is, he will be unable to provide any quick fix to the economic and environmental crises threatening our society. And no matter which political party controls the White House or Congress, we will still be tasked with creating and deepening new political coalitions to meet these challenges head on.

In his new book, The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems, Van Jones, co-Founder of Green For All and a former community organizer with the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in Oakland, Cal., offers a simple but radical new program. He calls for a new, multi-class, multi-racial, and multi-generational coalition of people to organize around the creation of a “green New Deal.” Real Change interviewed Jones in anticipation of his upcoming visit to Seattle on Nov. 12 and 13.

Real Change, Nov 26, 2003

Local efforts to do something about “street conditions” are part of a national phenomenon. Across... more Local efforts to do something about “street conditions” are part of a national phenomenon. Across the country, communities have responded to “quality of life” issues by criminalizing begging or putting public property off-limits. In The Right to the City: Social Justice and the Fight for Public Space (New York: Guilford, 2003), Syracuse University professor Don Mitchell says that a just society makes the public’s space available to all.

This is Hell! Podcast, 2021

Episode of the Working People podcast.

Discussion of my book, Black Power at Work, with a particular focus on the history of the United ... more Discussion of my book, Black Power at Work, with a particular focus on the history of the United Construction Workers Association in Seattle.

Interview with KBCS 91.3 FM about my book, Black Power at Work, with a focus on the history of th... more Interview with KBCS 91.3 FM about my book, Black Power at Work, with a focus on the history of the United Construction Workers Association in Seattle.

A discussion of my work documenting the history of the Ku Klux Klan in Washington state in the 19... more A discussion of my work documenting the history of the Ku Klux Klan in Washington state in the 1920s. Here is a link to this special section of the Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project: http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/kkk_intro.htm

Steve Scher on KUOW's Weekday interviewed me and James Gregory about our work on the Seattle Civi... more Steve Scher on KUOW's Weekday interviewed me and James Gregory about our work on the Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project. Unfortunately the streaming audio is no longer available on their website. Email me if you'd like an audio compact disc copy of the show.

Reflections on lessons learned from the history I wrote of the Ku Klux Klan in Washington State i... more Reflections on lessons learned from the history I wrote of the Ku Klux Klan in Washington State in the 1920s: https://depts.washington.edu/civilr/kkk_intro.htm

Black Power at Work, 2019

History of the "racial reconciliation" staged by building trades unions and President R... more History of the "racial reconciliation" staged by building trades unions and President Richard Nixon, through which building trades union leaders taught Nixon how to reach out to organized labor and the white working class for the 1972 election in exchange for the President withdrawing his support for affirmative action in the construction industry.

A history of the first two years of the United Construction Workers Association (UCWA) in Seattle... more A history of the first two years of the United Construction Workers Association (UCWA) in Seattle, Washington, and its struggle to represent black workers entering the construction industry under court order separately from organized labor and employers.

Left History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Historical Inquiry and Debate, 1969

Robert Justin Goldstein, American Blacklist: The Attorney General’s List of Subversive Organizati... more Robert Justin Goldstein, American Blacklist: The Attorney General’s List of Subversive Organizations (Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 2008) Ivan Greenberg, The Dangers of Dissent : The FBI and Civil Liberties Since 1965 (New York: Lexington Books, 2010) Tim Wiener, Enemies: A History of the FBI (New York: Random House, 2012)

The Public Historian, 2016

OAH Magazine of History, 2012

Labor Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas, 2012