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
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
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
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
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
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...