In the Green Room
New at Zócalo
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Essay
How Weddings and Hospitals Forge Familia
We Show Up for the People We Love—In Times of Joy or Sorrow, Often With Tortillas
“Hija, you have to go. You’re going to miss the wedding,” said my mom, weak but urgent. My husband and I would be hosting my niece’s wedding in our home that …
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Connecting California
California’s Greatest Scourge? Camping
Bipartisan Leaders Are Bravely Going to War Against Unhoused People in Tents and Students in Sleeping Bags
Lock up your tents, California!
Toss out your old camping gear!
Hide your pillows and blankets where the cops will never find them!
Because the people who run California have finally seen clearly …
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Essay
The Radical Act of Gardening Silicon Valley
Communities Are Nourishing Themselves—And a Movement to Transform Our Food System—By Planting in Unlikely Soil
Days start early in the garden. As the sun rises over the Santa Clara Valley’s Diablo Range, we’ve already gathered and prepared seed beds for planting. The smell …
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In the Green Room
Puente News Collaborative Executive Editor Alfredo Corchado
I Would Have Loved to Be a Reporter Covering the Mexican Revolution
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In the Green Room
ASU School of Transborder Studies Director Irasema Coronado
You Have to Make Enchiladas With Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey
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In the Green Room
Artist, Curator, and Cultural Consultant Anita Herrera
I’ve Always Tried to Express My Version of L.A.
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Essay
Can Knitting Help Teach Science?
A Cell Biologist Reflects on the Connections Between Stitches and STEM
When I was about 8 years old, my grandmother took me to a local fabric store to pick out a pattern for a dress we could sew together. Piecing together …
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Connecting California
My Late Uncle Jim’s Life of Tomorrows
He Found Meaning and Wisdom in Looking Ahead
When I think of my Uncle Jim, I often remember him as Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Jim Mathews, who died earlier this summer at age 77, loved to perform in community theater …