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Zócalo in Sacramento: Is Democracy Too Slow?

August 1, 2012
Experiences, Searching for Democracy

The world moves so fast now that democracy can’t keep up. China, Singapore, and some other undemocratic countries can make smart, long-term fiscal decisions

Zócalo in Fresno: Is Social Isolation a Threat to Democracy?

July 17, 2012
Experiences, Searching for Democracy

A Zócalo/Cal Humanities “Searching for Democracy” event with poet Philip Levine and Stuart Leavenworth of the Sac Bee.

Zócalo in Los Angeles: What if Nobody Was Born American?

July 16, 2012
Experiences, Searching for Democracy

One of the most controversial fights of today concerns the policy of birthright citizenship. What if no one were to be granted automatic U.S.

California Documentary Project Awards Grants to 17 New Projects

May 10, 2012
Blog

California Humanities announced the awardees of its current round of funding for its California Documentary Project program, which encourages film and radio documentarians to explore issues

Baseball, Lowriders, and Foodscapes…Community Stories Selects 20 New Projects about California

May 10, 2012
Blog

California Humanities is proud to announce that 20 projects throughout the State of California have been selected as grant awardees for its Community Stories program. Chosen

Author in Conversation: Daniel Alarcón

May 5, 2012
Experiences, Searching for Democracy

Daniel Alarcón is the author of California Reads selected book Lost City Radio. In March 2012, our partner Mary Menzel from California Center of

Author in Conversation: Jeanne Houston

May 2, 2012
Experiences, Searching for Democracy

Our partner, Mary Menzel, at California Center for the Book, led a discussion about the memoir, which deals with Houston’s interment as a Japanese

Author in Conversation: Rebecca Solnit

May 1, 2012
Experiences, Searching for Democracy

Mary Menzel, our partner from California Center for the Book, interviewed Rebecca Solnit at the Long Beach Public Library in April 2012.

Full Interview with Richard Beeman

April 27, 2012
Experiences, Searching for Democracy

Our partner Mary Menzel from the California Center for the Book spoke with Beeman, who is one of the nation’s foremost Constitutional scholars, at

Full Interview with Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

April 17, 2012
Experiences, Searching for Democracy

*Note: this is the full-length interview. You can also find a shorter version of this interview here on our site. Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, author

Archive Year: 2012