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Don’t Call Kansas (Or Any Middle America State) ‘Flyover’

Tara Westover and Sarah Smarsh discuss with James Fallows the challenges that rural communities face today.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

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Science and Technology

How Your Data Powers Artificial Intelligence

Amy Webb speaks with Alexis Madrigal about the refinement of AI and who's keeping track of machines.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

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Free Speech and Religion

Evangelicals and America’s Culture War

How can this deeply faithful group rally behind a president whose behaviors and values don’t exactly match up to traditional Christian mores?

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

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Society

Separating Myth from Reality in American History

Two Pulitzer Prize-winning historians explain the difference between myth and reality in American history.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

1 day ago
Employment and Jobs

Workforce Leaders Tackle Job Quality

By uniting the needs of workers and businesses, workforce development leaders play a significant role in promoting good and better jobs.

BY Fred Dedrick (National Fund for Workforce Solutions)

Blog Post

2 days ago
World Affairs

Senator Leahy remarks 5-year program

Sen. Patrick Leahy remarks on the launch of Five-year U.S./Vietnam Health-Disability Program December 5, 2019.

BY The Agent Orange in Vietnam Program

Video

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The Environment

AHSI Brings Marine Conservation to Aspen Ministers Forum

On Friday, November 22, 2019 during an Aspen Ministers Forum convened in Vienna, Austria by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, the Aspen High Seas Initiative (AHSI) presented a special session on the accelerating global biodiversity crisis and urgent need to strengthen targets for conservation of marine biodiversity in particular.

BY Aspen High Seas Initiative

Of Interest

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Employment and Jobs

An Update on the California Future of Work Commission

At the California Future of Work Commission’s third convening, Future of Work Initiative Fellow Natalie Foster facilitated a conversation on Education, Skills and Job Quality.

BY Natalie Foster & 1 more

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2 days ago
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