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Town Hall Seattle: Civics Series

Town Hall’s Civics series highlights everything from local policies to world politics. These events offer perspectives on a range of topics as diverse as Seattle itself—a bustling forum for activism, discovery, and thought-provoking discussion.

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Nov 13, 2024

Headshots of Mariana Chilton (left) and Agueda Pacheco Flores (right)

In America today, reports show that food insecurity is a pressing issue for over 35 million people. With rising grocery prices, inflation, and the lasting impacts of the pandemic—understanding the complexities of hunger has never been more imperative. Mariana Chilton explores this issue in the book, The Painful Truth...


Oct 23, 2024

Headshots of Casey Michel (with fair skin and short brown hair/beard) and Dr. Katy Pearce (with fair skin and shoulder-length blonde hair)

If there is one thing on our collective minds these days, it is the issue of politics. But for all the interest it piques, much of it remains a mystery to the American public. Bestselling author and journalist Casey Michel, who tackled the problem of financial corruption in his first book American Kleptocracy, sheds...


Oct 21, 2024

Headshot of Paul Pierson (with fair skin, short blonde hair, eyeglasses) and Megan Ming Francis (with curly black hair and brown skin)Professor of Political Science Paul Pierson, discusses his new book Partisan Nation. Co-authored with Eric Schickler, this book explores the roots of America’s democratic crisis, highlighting how the mismatch between the Constitution and today’s nationalized, partisan politics has destabilized American democracy....


Sep 25, 2024

Headshots of Nate Silver (with beard and baseball cap) and Clayton Aldern (with chin-length brown hair, mustache, and glasses)

What can professional risk-takers — poker players and hedge fund managers, crypto true believers and blue-chip art collectors— teach us much about navigating the uncertainty of the twenty-first century?

In the bestselling The Signal and the Noise, statistician Nate Silver showed how forecasting would define the age...


Sep 20, 2024

Headshot of David Orr (with grey hair, light skin, and dark green jacket)Democracy in a Hotter Time calls for reforming democratic institutions as a prerequisite for avoiding climate chaos and adapting governance to how Earth works as a physical system. To survive in the “long emergency” ahead, the book suggests ways to reform and strengthen democratic institutions, making them assets...