Town Hall Seattle Civics Series

Have you ever wondered how impeachment really works?

As a witness and consultant in the impeachment trials of Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, legal scholar Michael J. Gerhardt has collected a lifetime…

Is it possible to reshape immigration practices to align with the values of inclusivity, justice, and the historical promise of the United States as a welcoming haven for all?

Law professor and immig…

Commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Boldt Decision, a pivotal moment in civil rights history and tribal sovereignty. Centered around Charles Wilkinson’s posthumously acclaimed work, Treaty Justic…

Ijeoma Oluo’s #1 New York Times bestseller So You Want To Talk About Race (book tour event at Town Hall in 2019), offered a vital guide for how to talk about important issues of race and racism in so…

In 1990, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Les Payne embarked on a nearly thirty-year-long quest to interview anyone he could find who had actually known Malcolm X.

His goal was ambitio…

Journalist Tim Schwab is no stranger to investigative journalism that scrutinizes power structures and questions how private interests intersect with public policy. 

With funding from a 2019 Alicia P…

It is among the most classically joked about modern grievances, air travel.

Between flight cancellations, delays, lost baggage, increased prices, crammed planes, and the general downtrodden gloom tha…

Starting in 1967, when fewer than 1% of women completed any education beyond four years of college, the Washington State University (WSU) Sociology Department dared to hire three female faculty membe…

For many people in the Emerald City, sports may be seen solely as entertainment.

We watch the Kraken on the ice, climb the stands for the Seahawks and Sounders, and hold out hands out for a soaring M…

Schuyler Bailar didn’t set out to be an activist, his very public transition to the Harvard men’s swim team put him in the spotlight.

His choice to be open about his transition and share his experien…

Depending on who you overhear, conversations surrounding the controversial AI Chat Bot, Chat GPT, may be punctuated with terms like, “groundbreaking!” “paradigm-shifting!” “innovative!” or conversely…

Can leaders strive for more inclusivity in the workplace and improve outcomes in the process?

Employers invest in and manage their key asset — talent — to be as high-performing as possible. Like a wi…

Washington is leading the nation as a model for the transition to a climate-safe future.

People, movements, and politicians across the state have been able to pass landmark policies that benefit loca…

Many parents struggle with the physicality of caring for children, but even more with the growing lack of autonomy new moms may feel in their personal and professional lives.

Join us for an evening w…

Although social media may not be a typical source of enlightenment, historian Heather Cox Richardson decided to become an exception to the rule. 

It all started during the 2019 impeachment when Richa…

Have you ever wondered if there was another version of this country besides the one that was taught in schools?

For many Americans, especially Black Americans, the answer is yes. The backstory that m…

Growing up, Rebecca Clarren only knew the major plot points of her tenacious immigrant family’s origins.

Her great-great-grandparents, the Sinykins, and their six children fled antisemitism in Russia…

If you’ve felt like the news cycle has been out of control in the past few years, imagine being the editor of one of the most prominent papers in the US.

Martin Baron had over a decade of newsroom ex…

Upon taking the oath, every president is met both with endemic issues that persist over time, as well as a unique set of challenges of the day.

Many presidents step into historically difficult and di…

Throughout history, art has been a vehicle for social change.

Consider the artist’s mural of George Floyd that become an emblem for the fight towards racial equality. The documentary film that helped…