Politics & Society

Don’t read all about it

Find out how research conducted by WSU’s Porismita Borah is helping to slow the online spread of misinformation in this recent Washington State Magazine article.

An illustration of men running around with newspapers that read "Humbug News", "Fake News", and "Cheap Sensation".

Black history in the Northwest

In the early 1970s, a young assistant professor in WSU’s new Black Studies program launched a project to write a history of Blacks in the Pacific Northwest.

James Beckwourth painting by James Gayles (Courtesy Pueblo City-County Library).