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Today at Zócalo Public Square we published Daria Badior’s Election Letter from Ukraine, which didn’t hold regular elections this month due to martial law. Instead, she writes, democracy continues in other ways: zps.la/3TJKKtb

George Orwell's timeless 1945 novel "Animal Farm" speaks directly to Zimbabwe’s readers in 2024. Beaven Tapureta (Beaven Tapureta), founder and director of Writers International Network Zimbabwe, explains: zps.la/3W2boPv

Before "Ghost Waltz" premieres at Latino Theater Co. at The LATC next week, read playwright Oliver Mayer on uncovering the history and mystery around one of Mexico's greatest composers, Juventino Rosas: zps.la/3QifEXo

My new essay in Zócalo Public Square: WHO IS THE REAL MONSTER IN FRANKENSTEIN? Mary Shelley’s Novel and Its Many Adaptations Challenge Us to Explore Bias and Belonging. zocalopublicsquare.org/2024/06/13/rea… Zócalo Public Square Forest Avenue Press #Frankenstein #Chicano #horror #scifi #bigotry

Historical interpreters are at the frontlines of communicating the story of our past. Theater historian Megan Mateer considers the history and promise of the profession. zps.la/4eHqAZm

Umpiring baseball is about more than calling balls and strikes. Calvin Wells shares the three characteristics that any good ump needs to stay neutral in a game: zocalopublicsquare.org/2024/07/08/bas…

Loren Miller was a California-based lawyer who worked with NAACP. In 1946, his firm took on one of the state’s most devastating instances of racial violence. zps.la/3zBCZhn

“Olympic Games Doomed” and “No more Olympic Games,” read headlines published after the 1924 Paris Olympic Games. Historian Luke J. Harris (Luke J Harris) writes about the politics and precarity of the Olympic project a century ago. zps.la/3ycAwcU

"I could not have survived without doing this work, but sometimes I wonder how much longer I can survive doing it," writes Araceli Ruiz, who has worked in the fields of the Salinas Valley since she was 18. zps.la/46oNctU

Within the alleged success of the breaking or breakdancing craze is a story of innovation hijacked by a cancerous commercialization, writes urban dance historian Thomas Guzman-Sanchez. zocalopublicsquare.org/2024/08/08/tru…

What’s it like to hold a mock election in prison? As a part of Zócalo’s Election Letters series, Phillip Vance Smith, II, a writer incarcerated in North Carolina, brings us behind the scenes. zps.la/3WRqpCI

How did we go from buying Sun Lovin’ Malibu Barbies to taking every precaution to avoid direct sunlight? Sunblock scholar Charlotte Mathieson explains. zps.la/3Xfu5iR

Despite bad handwriting and a lack of glitter, I write postcards to try to get people to the polls. Read our latest “Election Letter” from Cal State Northridge’s Melissa Wall: zps.la/4e924iD

Ten years ago, writer and Watts native Shanice Joseph asked: "Shouldn’t students from neighborhoods like mine have access to necessary resources to help us succeed in higher education?" Ten years later, she is still asking that question. zps.la/4e9pbcS

Hate being on this site, but this piece by Shanice Joseph for Zócalo Public Square is so good that I wanted to make sure it gets out in the world. So if you're here, please take a moment, and read it. zocalopublicsquare.org/2024/09/09/los…

Here’s my piece in Zócalo Public Square about what I learned during my father’s ongoing murder investigation. zocalopublicsquare.org/2024/09/12/wha…

How can science fiction and fantasy help us look at neutrality differently? Philosopher Matías Graffigna pens our latest essay in a series exploring the concept of neutrality—in sports, in science, in international politics, and more. zps.la/3ZspGuA

Puzzling through my PhD took hours in the lab and hours at the sewing table. Crafter, cell biologist, and AAAS Mass Media Fellowship fellow Megan K Chong on the ways fabric arts contribute to spatial and mathematical reasoning. zps.la/4dr11Ka

During his commute from western PA to Pittsburgh, labor historian Lou Martin feels as though he passes between two parallel political universes. He reflects on what divides—and unites—the people on his route. zps.la/3Y2M3Es

Calling all poets! This prize has been a joy (read past winners!) and it is free to submit to. The winner gets $1000 and publication of a single poem in conversation with the idea of place. Runners up get published as well. Why not submit? Why not share this call for submissions?