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  • Democracy Local

    How Cities Can Help Other Cities in Wartime

    In the ’90s, Barcelona Adopted Sarajevo as Its Own. The Partnership Endures, Offering Lessons for Today

    by Joe Mathews |

    In 1995, Barcelona, Spain, announced the creation of a new, 11th district of the city.

    This District 11 wasn’t carved out of Barcelona’s 10 existing districts. In fact, it wasn’t within …

  • Essay

    Are Meta, Google, and Amazon the Sea Monsters of Oregon’s Coastline?

    The State’s Ocean Floors Have Become a Fiber-Optic Cable Hotspot—And It’s Altering the Ecosystem

    by Hayley Brazier |

    In 2020, Edge Cable Holdings, a Facebook subsidiary, was burying a new fiber-optic cable into the seabed near Tierra Del Mar, Oregon. Working beneath a rugged mixture of basalt rock …

  • Essay

    An Elegy for Vancouver Summer

    Rising Temperatures and Raging Wildfires Have Me Dreading My Favorite Season—And Mourning the Splendid Days of My Childhood

    by Paloma Pacheco |

    Last summer was my first in my new apartment. I’d moved into the building in the fall, several weeks into a cool Vancouver November. The trees were bare, and our …

  • Sketchbook

    Picturing Pān-toh

    Miki Kuo is a Taiwanese illustrator based in New York. She is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts, and her work has been included in magazines such as Creative Quarterly.

    Kuo’s Sketchbook …

  • Connecting California

    California Democrats Need Real Opposition

    A Book By a Leading Republican Demonstrates the State’s Lack of a Counter-Narrative

    by Joe Mathews |

    In our era of one-party rule by complacent Democrats, California might benefit from a coherent and compelling political opposition.

    Instead, we keep getting John Cox.

    You probably don’t recognize Cox’s name. This …

  • Essay

    How Does a Therapist Stay Neutral?

    Counseling Couples or Families Is About Empathy, Not Objectivity

    by Craig Libman |

    Can we, and should we, ever really be neutral? In a new series, Zócalo explores the idea of neutrality—in politics, sports, gender, journalism, international …

  • The Takeaway

    Héctor Tobar Peers Deep Into ‘Our Migrant Souls’

    The 2024 Book Prize Event, “What Is a ‘Latino’?” Explored the Work and Struggle of Building Community in L.A. and America

    by Sarah Rothbard |

    The city of Los Angeles, the world’s most famous zócalo, and the word “Latino” are connected by a shared history—a history of people and cultures and languages colliding, explained journalist …

  • Poetry

    Prest Street

    by Demetrius Buckley

     

    It’s all uncles and cousins, proud black men
    of urban banter in a small backyard,
    car parts in a strange box that stains. I watched
    those rough hands rummage
    through …

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