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How do we remember a complicated past? What do we owe those who lived in the past? What do we owe future generations? These are some of the questions scholars considered when looking at how …

Journalists who cover the U.S.-Mexico border discussed news coverage of and life on the border in today’s political climate.

NASA historian Erik Conway, author of Merchants of Doubt, joined a panel discussion on whether the public distrusts science. Zocalo Public Square hosted the event at the Natural History Muse…

Jennifer Mercieca is a historian of American political discourse and the author of an upcoming book, Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump. She joined a panel discus…

Law professors talked about the Supreme Court following the confirmation of Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, both Trump administration nominees. They discussed how the new makeup o…

Andrew Selee, president of the Migration Policy Institute, discusses Mexico’s transformation over the past twenty years and its influence on the U.S.

Zocalo Public Square hosted a forum on the impact of education technology on race and on the American class system. Panelists included Google’s chief education evangelist, the president of A…

Political analysts looked at the future of the Republican Party. Some of the topics included the “millennial” generation view of the Trump administration, and whether white nationalism threa…

Economists, authors, and academics talked about who benefits from globalization and trade policies. During the 2016 presidential campaign, both Donald Trump and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)…

Food and agricultural experts talked about the controversy surrounding genetically modified crops and environmental sustainability. Genetically modified organisms, also known as GMOs, are a …

Panelists talked about the rise in opioid abuse in the U.S. Speakers included Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin Barron, Larissa Mooney, director of UCLA’s Addiction Medicine Clinic, and Sam Q…

Zócalo Public Square hosted a conversation with long-time librarians and educators about the future of traditional libraries in reaction to evolving digital information, technology, and mode…

The Health Futures Council at Arizona State University hosted a panel discussion produced by Zócalo Public Square focusing on the impact of an aging population on the U.S. health care system…

Technology and bio-behavioral experts talked about the effects of increased use of digital technology and multi-tasking on health and children’s social skills and education. Topics included …

Julian Bond talked about his life and his civil rights career of more than 50 years since, at the age of 20, he helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. He discussed the e…

Panelists talked about the history of the 1965 Hart-Celler Act, which changed U.S. immigration policy from a quota system to one that focused on an immigrant’s skills and family relationship…

Panelists talked about the history and causes of urban riots, such as historic ones in Watts and recent ones in Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore, Maryland. Topics included the differences b…

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and Girl Scouts of the USA CEO Anna Maria Chavez talked about how their upbringing in the west impacted their lives and shaped their car…

Panelists, including ex-convicts and a former prison warden, talked about the large and growing number of people incarcerated in America. They discussed reasons for the large numbers and the…

Panelists talked about Barry Goldwater’s influence on libertarianism, the Republican Party, and the tea party movement. Topics included stories about Senator Goldwater, his influence on cont…