Zócalo Public Square

The debate over gun rights is so contentious in America that it often seems the two sides are speaking different languages. The fight continues, bitterly—and yet nothing seems to change. At an event co-presented by the California Wellness Foundation, Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell, USC legal scholar Jody David Armour, and Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence Executive Director Robyn Thomas offered their thoughts to a standing-room-only crowd at the RAND Corporation on what, if anything, might end this deadlock.

Los Angeles Times water and environmental reporter Bettina Boxall talks with Southern California Water Committee executive director Richard W. Atwater, Maven's Notebook publisher Chris Austin, and Reason science correspondent Ronald Bailey about how Californians are learning to live with less water. They explained what Californians, and the institutions that govern us, can do to decrease our consumption and usage of water.

Occidental College biologist Gretchen North, RAND Corporation senior scientist Robert Lempert, and UC Irvine hydrologist James S. Famiglietti talk with Occidental College historian Thaddeus Russell about the different ways water is threatening humanity today. Drought and finding clean water have always been issues in different parts of the world, but climate change is making the wet parts of the world wetter and the dry parts drier, which is complicating the search for solutions.

Joe Mathews, California editor of Zócalo Public Square, talks with Westlands Water District Chief Deputy Manager Jason Peltier, Chance of Rain publisher Emily Green, environmental attorney Peter Culp, and Steven Solomon, author of Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization, about how much water should cost. In a time of scarcity, this is the most important question, and it's one that's being wrestled with all over the world today.

Occidental College biologist Gretchen North, RAND Corporation senior scientist Robert Lempert, and UC Irvine hydrologist James S. Famiglietti talk with Occidental College historian Thaddeus Russell about the different ways water is threatening humanity today. Drought and finding clean water have always been issues in different parts of the world, but climate change is making the wet parts of the world wetter and the dry parts drier, which is complicating the search for solutions.

Joe Mathews, California editor of Zócalo Public Square, talks with Westlands Water District Chief Deputy Manager Jason Peltier, Chance of Rain publisher Emily Green, environmental attorney Peter Culp, and Steven Solomon, author of Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization, about how much water should cost. In a time of scarcity, this is the most important question, and it's one that's being wrestled with all over the world today.

Los Angeles Times water and environmental reporter Bettina Boxall talks with Southern California Water Committee executive director Richard W. Atwater, Maven's Notebook publisher Chris Austin, and Reason science correspondent Ronald Bailey about how Californians are learning to live with less water. They explained what Californians, and the institutions that govern us, can do to decrease our consumption and usage of water.

Just one woman in Los Angeles is currently an elected city official; we're one of the most progressive places in the country, and in 2001 we had a total of five women on the council. What's happened, and is there a way to change this trend? Los Angeles News Group opinion editor Mariel Garza spoke with Robin Kramer, former chief of staff to Mayors Antonio Villaraigosa and Richard Riordan, KPCC politics reporter Alice Walton, and former deputy mayor and mayoral candidate Linda Griego about gender and politics in L.A. today.

Just one woman in Los Angeles is currently an elected city official; we're one of the most progressive places in the country, and in 2001 we had a total of five women on the council. What's happened, and is there a way to change this trend? Los Angeles News Group opinion editor Mariel Garza spoke with Robin Kramer, former chief of staff to Mayors Antonio Villaraigosa and Richard Riordan, KPCC politics reporter Alice Walton, and former deputy mayor and mayoral candidate Linda Griego about gender and politics in L.A. today.

Washington Post columnist Harold Meyerson talks with New York Times reporter Jennifer Medina about the past, present, and future of American unions, and their relationship with the American left. Labor is struggling to stay relevant, but by bringing in people who aren't in unions and by forming alliances with other organizations, the movement can again have power in American politics.