Announcing a New Column by Gregory Rodriguez

‘Imperfect Union’ Will Explore American Identity and How Diverse Societies Cohere

When America talks about itself, the country and media usually start by reducing people to ethnic stereotypes and categorizing ideas by ideological camp. Gregory Rodriguez, Zócalo Public Square’s publisher and founder, and senior fellow at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History, has distinguished himself throughout his career by avoiding this trap. Rodriguez has shown that our country’s dynamism lies in how its people and ideas collide in ways that can’t be easily categorized or labeled.

In his new syndicated column, “Imperfect Union,” Rodriguez will explore these collisions, both past …