In the Green Room
New at Zócalo
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Culture Class
Cowboy Boots Were Made for Everyone
For Over a Century and Half, the Footwear Has Carried the Story of a Nation
“In these anxious days,” wrote Aaron Latham in the original Esquire article that inspired the movie Urban Cowboy, “some Americans have turned for salvation to God, others have turned to …
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In the Green Room
Amity Foundation President and CEO Doug Bond
I’m Not a Big Dancer, but I’ll Dance for My Wife
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Glimpses
Don’t Close the Curtains on Kenya’s Acrobats
They Fly Through the Air and Build Human Pyramids to Tourists’ Delight. But the Performers Struggle for Recognition and Financial Stability
It’s showtime at one of Kenya’s five-star resort hotels.
Tourists from around the world move in small groups to the performance area next to the pool to see the evening’s headliner: …
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Essay
The Black Songwriter Who Took Nashville by Storm
Before Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” Won Song of the Year at the CMAs, Hit Maker Ted Jarrett’s Music Topped the Country Charts
Singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman made history last year when she became the first Black artist to receive the Country Music Association’s Song of the Year Award, after Luke Combs remade a …
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Connecting California
The Road to Climate Hell Is Downhill—and Scenic
Death Valley’s Present Is a Window Into the Future
If the world really is going to hell, you should get your brakes checked. The ride is going to be very downhill.
I learned that lesson, among others, after my own …
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Essay
Raging Against the Political Machine
The 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles Tells the Story of a City—and Nation—in Transition
In 2000, I ended up in a cage outside the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in downtown Los Angeles wearing a dark suit, swimming against the current in a sea of …
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The Takeaway
Life After Incarceration Starts in Community
“‘What Is a Good Job Now?’ For the Formerly Incarcerated” Reveals the Hard, Long Work of Building Careers for People Reentering Society
What is a good job now?
That has been the guiding question for Zócalo’s ongoing series investigating low-wage work across sectors in California—supported by The James Irvine Foundation. Thus far, we’ve …
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