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Society

Get to Know Your Fellow Americans

Hillbilly Elegy author J.D. Vance says we can't truly understand our country without understanding the people within.

BY Nicole Corea

Blog Post

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Asia

Creating Solutions for the Rohingya

What can foreign governments and other actors do to solve the ongoing crisis in Myanmar?

BY Joshua Kurlantzick

Blog Post

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Racial Equity

Confronting Our History

How do we create a more equitable society while acknowledging our history?

BY Zach St. Louis

Podcast

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Microenterprise

Microloan Underwriting Webinar

This webinar explores the classic “5 Cs” of small business credit analysis through the lens of microlending.

BY Joyce Klein & 2 more

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Urban Innovation

Who Is Driving Autonomous Vehicle Policy?

The rollout of driverless vehicles needs to be paired with sensible policies for cities.

BY Jennifer Bradley

Blog Post

5 days ago
Sports

The Best Sports Town in America

New York Times sports writer Karen Crouse traveled to Norwich to discover the town’s secret.

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The Aspen Journal of Ideas is a curated digital collection of essays, conversations and opinions from experts and thought leaders of the Aspen Institute community.

Free Speech and Religion

Universities Facing Turmoil

A recent article in InsideHigherEd focused on the challenges facing the new president of Duke University, including his authorization of the

BY Karen Gross & 1 more

Journal of Ideas

09.05.2017
K-12 Education

A Magic Wand In Human Form

Step details the story of three remarkable students and their senior year at the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women (BLSYW).

BY Karen Gross

Journal of Ideas

08.10.2017
Water

Imagine an Internet of Water

A simple experiment: what is the quality of the water coming out of your tap today? What do you know about the water that you and your famil

BY Martin Doyle, & 1 more

Journal of Ideas

08.08.2017
Civic Action

Revisiting the Coder's Code of Ethics

Add one more group to the growing list of those jolted into self-examination and action in the wake of the 2016 election. There are the wome

BY Louise Lief

Journal of Ideas

07.24.2017
Colleges and Universities

Why Change Is So Difficult

For decades, I have been thinking and writing about change and its importance, particularly in the context of education. I have written, inc

BY Karen Gross

Journal of Ideas

07.12.2017
Long-Term Capitalism

Rethinking the Anti-Capitalist Mentality

All people, however fanatical they may be in their zeal to disparage and to fight capitalism, implicitly pay homage to it by passionately cl

BY Ricardo Salinas

Journal of Ideas

06.16.2017

IDEAS: the Magazine of the Aspen Institute is the tri-annual flagship publication of the Aspen Institute, with a mandate to promote not just the ever-increasing initiatives and programs of the Institute but the ideas driving them.

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IDEAS: the Magazine of the Aspen Institute Summer 2017

Henry Crown Turns 20, the Stevens Initiative takes learning global, and more.

BY Institute Staff

06.01.2017
Around the Institute

IDEAS: Winter 2016/2017

Aspen to Accra: Igniting global entrepreneurialism, Washington Ideas Forum, and much more.

BY Institute Staff

11.17.2016

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