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February 21 2026

📜 History Featured

Jon Meacham — American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer presents his anthology spanning 1619 to the present, examining American debates over liberty, slavery, and inclusion.

📍 The Hub at Temple Beth Am, Pinecrest, Miami 🕖 7:00 PM EST

Meacham's new anthology connects four centuries of American arguments over who belongs — the kind of historical perspective that makes the present feel less unprecedented.

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February 26 2026

🗳️ Politics Free Event Featured

Disinformation and Democracy — Eliot Higgins & Carole Cadwalladr

Bellingcat founder and investigative journalist discuss AI-generated deepfakes, automated propaganda, and the information crisis threatening democracies.

📍 RSA House, London 🕖 6:00 PM GMT

Bellingcat's founder and the journalist who broke the Cambridge Analytica story — together, on the most important media question of our time.

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February 27 2026

🎨 Arts Featured

George Saunders — Writer's Symposium by the Sea

Acclaimed short story master discusses his latest novel 'Vigil,' set at the bedside of an oil company CEO in the twilight hours of his life.

📍 Brown Chapel, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego 🕖 7:00 PM PST

George Saunders is the best short story writer in America. His first novel in years, set at a deathbed, promises to be characteristically strange and humane.

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