How Do We Disagree in the Public Square?

Zócalo Public Square— The public square is the meeting ground where people make society happen. In these spaces, physical or metaphorical or digital, we work through our shared dramas and map our collective hopes. Ideally, the public square provides room to solve the problems we face. It is also where new, thorny issues often arise. This “Up for Discussion” is part of Zócalo’s editorial and events series spotlighting the ideas, places, and questions that have shaped the public square that Zócalo has created over the...

MYTWINTIERS—Corning’s Centerway Square named 5th best public square by USA Today’s 10Best. CORNING, N.Y. (WETM) -- Centerway Square in Corning was voted as the fifth best public square in the U.S. by USA Today's 10Best readers after previously coming in first and second place. Centerway Square was one of 20 public squares from across the country to be nominated to be on 10Best's 2024 list of Best []

The A.V. Club—Drew Barrymore to occupy the center square of CBS's new Hollywood Squares. Drew Barrymore’s transition from movie star to TV star has been a strange and chaotic one, to say the least, with lots of oddball bumps in the road along the way. Some of these divots have been fun—we’ll never forget the time she effused, for like 10 minutes of actual broadcast television, about her love of removing stains during the first week of The Drew Barrymore Show—while others, like the heavy criticism she faced for expressing an intent to return to the air without her writers during last...

Drudge Report—Iran expands public crackdown on women and girls, sparking public anger. Iran expands public crackdown on women and girls, sparking public anger (Third column, 11th story, link) Related stories:Nearly intact missiles being found in Israel desert