May 20th, 2021, 12:48PM / BY Lauren Lyons On June 3 live from Panama, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute staff share their ground-breaking research on tropical forests and marine ecosystems. Smithsonian Associates Streaming continues through June with individual programs, multi-part courses, studio arts classes and virtual study tours produced by the world’s largest museum-based educational program. Tuesday, June 1 How To Fix a Democracy: Lessons From an Age of Acrimony: Jon Grinspan, curator of political history at the Smithsonian’s American History Museum, delves into the deep and sometimes wild history of American democracy to uncover a period of extreme division in the late 1800s. This session focuses on political reforms put in place in the 20th century. 6:45 p.m. ET $20-$25