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Join Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “James” Percival Everett with former public defender and Partners for Justice co-founder Emily Galvin Almanza to discuss her latest release “The Price of Mercy: Unfair Trials, a Violent System, and a Public Defender’s Search for Justice in America.” Tickets: lfla.org/mercy

The book pulls back the curtain to reveal the dysfunction afflicting our overburdened legal system. From the ‘dirty tricks’ used to inflate police overtime, to the perverse incentives driving prosecutors, Galvin Almanza uncovers how our courts that claim to protect us are doing the exact opposite. More than an exposé; it’s a blueprint for rebuilding our country’s justice system.

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian is joined by ’s criminal justice director Summer Lacey to chat about Thompsons’ new book “Fear and Fury: The Reagan Eighties, the Bernie Goetz Shootings, and the Rebirth of White Rage.”

Shedding new light on the social and political conditions which set the stage for the infamous New York subway shooting of 1984, Thompson masterfully explores a throughline that connects Goetz to “the America of President Donald Trump.” This comprehensive telling of historical events provides another perspective as we consider the issues gripping our nation today.

Tickets available at lfla.org/fear-and-furty

Former United States Education Secretary John B. King’s powerful memoir “Teacher by Teacher: The People Who Change Our Lives” looks closely at how dedicated educators transformed his life and how we can reshape America’s education system to offer that same lifeline to every student.

King lost both his parents by the age of 12 and was expelled from high school. Yet he went on to earn degrees from Harvard, Yale, and Columbia, becoming the first Black and Puerto Rican Education Commissioner of New York State before joining President Obama’s cabinet as U.S. Secretary of Education. In this complicated time when the educational system in this country is being heavily scrutinized and under attack, King gives us reason to believe that educators are capable of changing every child’s life.

Our spring season comes to a close with this uplifting and deeply relevant talk where King will be joined by Van Lathan, popular co-host of the podcast “Higher Learning.”

This event is presented in partnership with .club.

Just announced! Join us on Tuesday, May 6 at 7pm for Rasquachismo in Art and Life: Cheech Marin in conversation with Josh T. Franco. Link in bio.

In Chicano communities across the United States, the term rasquache has been reclaimed from a slur to a badge of pride, expressing a sensibility—rasquachismo—characterized by inventiveness and creativity, often in response to material limitations. As an art collector, has celebrated this attitude as integral to his Chicano identity, and it figures prominently in the new for Chicano Art & Culture in Riverside. For this program, Cheech will be in conversation with , collector at large at the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art.

This program is produced in association with No Prior Art: Illustrations of Invention, an exhibition and citywide program series on invention and part of Getty’s ART: Art & Science Collide initiative.

This Thursday don’t miss Pulitzer finalist, MacArthur Fellowship recipient, and bestselling author of “Swamplandia!,” Karen Russell as she discusses her new novel, “The Antidote,” with friend, anthropologist, and National Book Award-winning bestselling non-fiction writer of “Soldiers and Kings,” Jason De Leon.

RSVP here: lfla.org/antidote