Zócalo Public Square

Zócalo Public Square connects people to ideas and to each other by examining essential questions in an accessible, broad-minded, and democratic spirit. At a time when our country’s public sphere and our global digital conversation have become ever more polarized and segregated, Zócalo seeks to create a welcoming intellectual space and engage a new and diverse generation in the public square. We pursue our mission by convening events and by publishing ideas journalism. Because democracy is as much a culture as it is a system, we believe that creating meaningful opportunities for citizens to communicate with—and learn from—one another both nurtures and protects it.

Eclectic but curated. Smart without snark. Ideas journalism with a head and heart.

A unit of ASU Media Enterprise.


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Attention everybody! "How Does the Inland Empire Strike Back Against Hate?" will go live in 15 MINUTES! Ask your questions in the chat and our panelists may answer them live!

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Folks, "What is a Good Job Now?" in Gig Work discusses the realities of side hustles and explores how we might make the industry better for workers! It's LIVE IN 15 MINUTES! Ask your questions in the chat and our panelists will answer them!

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We're live in 15 MINUTES! Join in on the fun, and ask your questions in the chatbox to be answered LIVE!

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Would Parliamentary America Have More Fun? 🥳 We find out TOMORROW, Feb 23 LIVE on the Zócalo channel @ 7 PM PDT 🎈SET A REMINDER HERE > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAh4A...

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"What is a Good Job Now?" For the Formerly Incarcerated is now LIVE! Tune in 👉

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Folks, we are going LIVE tomorrow at 7 PM PST! Tune in to watch our expert panelists discuss "What is a Good Job Now?" For the Formerly Incarcerated.

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What sort of new beginning does this current moment require of us all?

Join us live online from the ASU California Center in Downtown L.A. today, December 7, at 7 PM PST to discuss "How Do We Begin Again?"

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Why are fossil preparators—who are mostly volunteers—outliers in serious scientific research?

Join Zócalo and Issues in Science and Technology to discuss “Can Dinosaur Fossils Make Science More Accessible?” live online Thursday, December 2, at 1 PM PST/4 PM EST. Register:

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"Is There Still Merit in a Merit-Based System?"—join us live online tomorrow, November 16, at 12 PM PST to explore whether today’s social inequalities reflect a failure of a merit-based system. Register:

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Staying in this Halloween 👻? Catch up with “The Devil’s Harvest” author Jessica Garrison and hear her take on serial killers, the United States justice system, and why it’s so easy to get away with murder in places like California’s Central Valley.

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