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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Zócalo Public Square [_Zócalo Public Square_](http://zocalopublicsquare.org/) _is a magazine of ideas from Arizona State University Knowledge Enterprise._ ## Zócalo Public Square *  Jan 13, 2020 ### [Archival Photos Reveal the Unlikely Beauty of Sewer Systems](https://time.com/5763095/sewer-systems-history/) Archival photographs reveal the unlikely beauty of pre-WWII sewer systems [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Aug 26, 2019 ### [When Americans Feared an Invasion From Their Northern Border](https://time.com/5659108/french-canadian-migrant-america/) In the late 19th Century, the French Canadians who came to work in cotton mills were treated as ‘paw... [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Feb 13, 2017 ### [When the President's Best and Brightest Were Also the Richest](https://time.com/4667051/presidential-cabinet-rich-scandal/) And scandal-free [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 13, 2017 ### [Inaugurations Are About More Than the Oath of Office. Here's How They Got That Way](https://time.com/4635066/inauguration-american-democracy/) It's more than just a hail to the new chief [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Jun 20, 2016 ### [What History Teaches Us About Demagogues Like The Donald](https://time.com/4375262/history-demagogues-donald-trump/) Democracies have struggled with the problem since ancient Greece [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 8, 2016 ### [Why My Mother Made Me Break Her Heart](https://time.com/4320065/moving-out-broke-mothers-heart/) By urging me to move far from home, she taught me a lesson in unconditional love *  Jan 27, 2016 ### [Even Beyoncé Can’t Buy a House in L.A.](https://time.com/4195547/beyonce-house-la/) It might help to see how the housing crunch affects us all [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 19, 2016 ### [Do We Really Need Campaign Finance Reform?](https://time.com/4182502/campaign-finance-reform/) Some political analysts see corruption in unrestricted spending. Others see an equal playing field [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 17, 2015 ### [Why Scandinavian Countries Are Fighting Over Santa](https://time.com/4153251/santa-claus-home-country/) They all want to be home to the Clauses [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 25, 2015 ### [America's Immigration Policy Needs Less Emotion and More Reason](https://time.com/4048840/us-immigration-policy/) U.S. policymaking should be rooted in geographic, demographic and economic considerations, not in ou... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 21, 2015 ### [Short-Term Profits Are Bad for Your Brain](https://time.com/4040720/brain-interest-rate/) A neuroscientist explains the human penchant for instant gratification [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 15, 2015 ### [What It's Like To Work in the Body Donation Industry](https://time.com/3998933/body-organ-donation/) I had to ask next-of-kin uncomfortable questions about the deceased [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 15, 2015 ### [How Americans Fell in Love With Taking Road Trips](https://time.com/3998949/road-trip-history/) As the automobile industry took off, drivers discovered the romance and freedom of long-distance tra... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 14, 2015 ### [Policing My Hometown Is a Labor of Love](https://time.com/3998912/california-police-officer-hometown/) A California deputy chief explains the challenges of protecting the city he grew up in [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 13, 2015 ### [Let California Pick the Next President](https://time.com/3996021/california-caucus-proposal/) Forget the caucus in Iowa—let's host one on the Golden State's Central Coast [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/zocalo-public-square/","name":"Zócalo Public Square"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/zocalo-public-square/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/zocalo-public-square/"},"name":"Zócalo Public Square","jobTitle":null,"description":"Zócalo Public Square is a magazine of ideas from Arizona State University Knowledge Enterprise.","url":"https://time.com/author/zocalo-public-square/","sameAs":["https://x.com/ThePublicSquare"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```