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We combine public programs and journalism to examine essential questions in a broad-minded and accessible spirit. A unit of ASU Media Enterprise.
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Joined December 2008
“Where Does Deportation Come From?” Join historian @klytlehernandez and filmmaker @Alex_Rivera for a live conversation, film preview, and reading in San Diego on Saturday, Dec. 13 at 6 p.m. w/ @macfound, @TimesofSanDiego, and Bread & Salt. RSVP: https://t.co/ZoJx0KMP3I
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This Saturday, Dec. 13: “Where Does Deportation Come From?” Join historian @klytlehernandez and filmmaker @Alex_Rivera for a live conversation, film preview, and reading in San Diego w/ @macfound, @TimesofSanDiego, and Bread & Salt. RSVP: https://t.co/ZoJx0KNmTg
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Co-presented by Zócalo Public Square, MacArthur Foundation, Times of San Diego, and Bread & Salt Deportation has impacted communities across
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Professor Sylvia Zamora's college students came of age with Trump, and are just beginning to learn about the intricacies of the U.S. immigration and legal systems. In her class, she wants them to learn what makes this moment unprecedented: https://t.co/CiwvFXOSEg
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Students Learn About the ‘Repatriation’ of 1.8 Million People to Mexico in the 1930s. They See Evil Then and Now—And Find Some Hope
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Sketchbook, curated by Stefan G. Bucher, features the work of illustrators from around the world. View our latest by artist Lisa Fernández: https://t.co/tt8jkqVcgP
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Lisa Fernández is a Swedish illustrator and graphic designer based in Spain, who creates city profiles, minimalistic portraits, and editorial
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This Saturday, Dec. 13: “Where Does Deportation Come From?” Join historian @klytlehernandez and filmmaker @Alex_Rivera for a live conversation, film preview, and reading in San Diego w/ @macfound, @TimesofSanDiego, and Bread & Salt. RSVP: https://t.co/ZoJx0KMP3I
zocalopublicsquare.org
Co-presented by Zócalo Public Square, MacArthur Foundation, Times of San Diego, and Bread & Salt Deportation has impacted communities across
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"I live in fear of my house getting raided by military vehicles and helicopters. I worry about randomly getting picked up by masked ICE agents at my local Menards or Home Depot because of the color of my skin," writes political organizer @miguel_kafka. https://t.co/yRzpMZKO42
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Raids and Deportations Have Upended My Sense of Safety. But My Community Is Fighting Back
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The 2026 Zócalo Poetry Prize contest is open! Since 2012, the prize has recognized the U.S. writer of a poem that best evokes a connection to place. Submission deadline: January 23, 2026, at 11:59 PM PT. https://t.co/HBZkdHoV54
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Since 2012, the Zócalo Public Square Poetry Prize has recognized the U.S. writer of a poem that best evokes a connection to place. Zócalo is currently
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"The recollection of past action and inaction, wanting and being wanted fill this deftly written poem," writes December poetry curator Brandon Blue, on Emily Holland's poem "All This Back and Forth." Read it: https://t.co/cZHw4YEW4E
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We are moving in the right direction until / we aren’t. Recoil. A tennis ball thrown against a wall, / my desire always comes back to me. It lands / in my open palm, the hand that touched myself
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To protect California and its democracy, the state legislature should pass a bill to allow write-in candidates to run on the November ballot, writes @joemmathews. https://t.co/20a4WnUHgf
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Otherwise, the Top-Two Primary System Makes Our Democracy Vulnerable to Trumpism
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Congratulations to the 2026 Zócalo Book Prize finalists: authors Marie Gottschalk, Anand Pandian, Carter Sherman, and Brando Simeo Starkey, whose nonfiction exemplifies community, human connectedness, and social cohesion: https://t.co/ev9llXRKQR
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Congratulations to 2026 Zócalo Book Prize Finalists: Congratulations to Authors Marie Gottschalk, Anand Pandian, Carter Sherman, and Brando Simeo Starkey
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Over the years, we've had compelling thinkers and doers from a wide range of fields stop by Zócalo. Check out their interviews in the green room, including our most recent chats with panelists from "Can Comedia Help Us Understand California’s Past?” https://t.co/5JwiYuJSyc
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In illustrator Lisa Fernández's Zócalo Sketchbook, she gives us five objects in neon colors and bold patterns that remind her of her most nostalgic decade: the 1980s. View the original artwork here: https://t.co/tt8jkqVK6n
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Lisa Fernández is a Swedish illustrator and graphic designer based in Spain, who creates city profiles, minimalistic portraits, and editorial
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There’s a cheap and easy way to ensure California’s 2026 race for governor doesn’t become anti-democratic: allow write-in candidates on the November ballot. Read columnist @joemmathews' latest: https://t.co/20a4WnUHgf
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Otherwise, the Top-Two Primary System Makes Our Democracy Vulnerable to Trumpism
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ICYMI: "All This Back and Forth" by Emily Holland is our latest #poem. https://t.co/cZHw4YEW4E
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We are moving in the right direction until / we aren’t. Recoil. A tennis ball thrown against a wall, / my desire always comes back to me. It lands / in my open palm, the hand that touched myself
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Before joining us for "Can Comedia Help Us Understand California’s Past?” at @LAPlazaLA, @loladiana chatted with us in the green room about new plays, immigrants, and Hollywood’s early era of great musicals. https://t.co/KLkMaRTtgL
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Diana Burbano is a Colombian American playwright, actor, and theater artist whose work explores identity, resistance, immigration, and the intersection of cultural and political power.
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Have you heard? Brandon Blue is our December poetry curator. Blue chatted with us in the green room about musical theater, teaching French fables, and first drafts. https://t.co/JHprO9S7kG
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Brandon Blue is a Black queer poet, translator, educator from the DMV (D.C.-Maryland-Virginia) area. They hold an MFA in poetry from Arizona State University and their chapbook, Snap.Shot, has been...
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A political scientist, an ethnographer, a journalist, and a writer/legal scholar are the four finalists for the 2026 Zócalo Book Prize. Read the full announcement: https://t.co/ev9llXSiGp
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Congratulations to 2026 Zócalo Book Prize Finalists: Congratulations to Authors Marie Gottschalk, Anand Pandian, Carter Sherman, and Brando Simeo Starkey
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Chicanx and Punjabi American weaver Kira Dominguez Hultgren and musician Fareed Haque explore how immigrant experiences and cultural intermingling shape community and the idea of home. https://t.co/Ey3cS2gDTW
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"I worry about randomly getting picked up by masked ICE agents at my local Menards or Home Depot because of the color of my skin. And I am far from alone here in the suburbs" of Chicago, writes @miguel_kafka. https://t.co/yRzpMZKO42
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Raids and Deportations Have Upended My Sense of Safety. But My Community Is Fighting Back
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Venezuelans can conjure contradictory images, particularly for those living in the Global North. "Where’s the truth? Where’s the lie?" asks Zócalo contributing editor @Maxmordon. https://t.co/YFNPvxlWEu
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The people of Venezuela conjure contradictory images, particularly for those living in the Global North. We’re starved and oppressed masses under a
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.@Alex_Rivera is a 2021 MacArthur Fellow, filmmaker, and the co-founder of Borderlands Cinematic Arts at @ASU. He joins us at Bread & Salt in San Diego this Saturday, Dec. 13, for “Where Does Deportation Come From?” FREE RSVP: https://t.co/ZoJx0KMP3I
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Co-presented by Zócalo Public Square, MacArthur Foundation, Times of San Diego, and Bread & Salt Deportation has impacted communities across
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