EVENT UPDATE:
As part of our commitment to the health and well-being of our community, this event has been postponed. We look forward to hosting you at our new home in the ASU California Center at the historic Herald Examiner in the near future. Thanks for supporting Zócalo, and we hope to see you soon at our events (in-person and …
EVENT UPDATE:
As part of our commitment to the health and well-being of our community, this event will now be streaming-only. We hope you’ll join us virtually and participate via live chat.
While smog in Los Angeles and wildfire smoke in San Francisco dominate headlines, California’s rural communities are also besieged by a constellation of forces that foul their air. In …
Pretty much every dinosaur skeleton you see has been painstakingly excavated from rock by people with precision, skill, and creativity. What they don’t have are paleontology degrees, and what they don’t get is money or credit. In fact, fossil preparators are mostly enthusiastic volunteers who come from all different backgrounds and receive their training on the job. Their unsung work …
It feels like it’s time for something new. Facebook and Kanye just changed their names. More than half of Americans want to change jobs, and one-third want to switch careers. Businesses are reinventing the way they operate. And social movements are trying to create new systems that are anti-racist and sustainable. Isn’t all this easier said than done? Even after …
Calls are growing for the dismantling of the meritocracy—educational systems and economic structures designed to elevate individuals based on merit. In practice, however, they often favor those with wealth or racial privilege. As elites turn against the very merit-based systems that elevated them, governments, corporations, schools, and other entities are extending old policies—like affirmative action—and embracing new initiatives for equity …
We are failing Americans without college degrees. Research shows that up to 30 million workers without four-year degrees are drastically underpaid, and have the skills to earn 70 percent more than what they’re currently making. What accounts for this failure of the labor market? One problem is that traditional resumes don’t show or verify the full range of a worker’s …
