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Joined December 2008
On July 19 w/ @Levitt_LA: “Can Hip-Hop Be the Soundtrack for Change?” A pre-concert conversation with Medusa, the “Godmother of West Coast Hip-Hop,” and reparations advocate and business manager to the stars @IAMFridayJones. RSVP here:.
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What's on your summer reading list? There is still time to pick up a few more books. Select from Zócalo's Summer Reading List:.
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Did you know Zócalo is on BlueSky? Follow us there, looks like clear skies ahead: .@
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Medusa, the “Godmother of West Coast Hip-Hop,” joins us at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles next Saturday, July 19, for “Can Hip-Hop Be the Soundtrack for Change?”—a pre-concert conversation with @Levitt_LA and sponsored by @atomtickets.
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Back in May, we headed to Asheville, NC to present “How Do We See Ourselves in Each Other?,” exploring American migration and identity through art and conversation. Part of a national series by the @Stanford Institute for Advancing Just Societies and Zócalo.
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How can we rebuild community in the wake of wildfire? Six months after the L.A. fires, urbanist Nicole Lambrou looks to Santa Rosa and Paradise.
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It's been six months since the L.A. fires in Altadena and the Palisades. Zócalo is exploring ideas around how best to rebuild. Check out the latest, from architect John K. Chan:
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Zócalo publishes new poetry every Friday. Read our latest poem: "Yaya Braids My Hair Before I Wake" by Angelique Zobitz.
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At the Shamrock Country Inn in Shamrock, Texas, poet @derek_mong's "bottomed-out belief" in the road trip was restored—at least temporarily.
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Medusa, the “Godmother of West Coast Hip-Hop,” joins us at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles next Saturday, July 19, for “Can Hip-Hop Be the Soundtrack for Change?”—a pre-concert conversation with @Levitt_LA and sponsored by @atomtickets.
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Six months after the L.A. fires, Zócalo explores how communities are rebuilding and what our region has learned. Read the latest from architect John K. Chan.
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Is "The Black Utopians" on your summer reading list? See why 2025 Zócalo Book Prize Winner Jean-Martin Bauer thinks it should be, and read other recommendations from our friends and contributors.
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“Californians must channel our despair at being attacked into winning a war more challenging than any living Californians have ever fought,” writes @joemmathews. Read his call to action:
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"Yaya Braids My Hair Before I Wake" by Angelique Zobitz is our latest poem. Read it here:
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How do wildfires speed gentrification—and displace even people and families who want to return? Urban planner Nicole Lambrou on Santa Rosa, Paradise, and what it takes for communities to rebuild:.
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Is Original Sins by Eve L. Ewing on your summer reading list? See why writer Julian Brave NoiseCat thinks it should be, and read other recommendations from Zócalo's friends and contributors.
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Medusa, the “Godmother of West Coast Hip-Hop,” joins us at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles on July 19 for “Can Hip-Hop Be the Soundtrack for Change?”—a pre-concert conversation with @Levitt_LA and sponsored by @atomtickets.
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Patricia Damocles is a Filipina American writer based in the Chicago suburbs. Read her poem: "on the way to pick up some Black & Milds & Modelos at the L.A. Shell gas station off West Olympic Boulevard & South Grand Avenue.".
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Rebuilding after January's wildfires offers an opportunity to reject the "suburbrain" mentality that holds California back, writes architect John K. Chan.
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On July 19 w/ @Levitt_LA: “Can Hip-Hop Be the Soundtrack for Change?” A pre-concert conversation with Medusa, the “Godmother of West Coast Hip-Hop,” and reparations advocate and business manager to the stars @IAMFridayJones. RSVP here:.
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