What happened to nearly two million “missing” black men? Could school principals be the key to better education? What should the US do to address the atrocities in Syria? Programs at the Aspen Institute have been scouring their respective issue areas to find and share the most insightful and informative links to answer these questions, and more.
Scroll down to see tweets from across the Institute this week about what’s important right now. Follow our @AspenInstitute list on Twitter for updates and to keep up with each program’s events, video, and experts, and let us know what you’re reading in the comments section below.
The problem is producing enough food for a growing world population, not just as an issue for farmers.- @DanRGlickman http://t.co/gUvTgwdOvE
— Aspen Institute (@AspenInstitute) April 22, 2015
1.5 million black men missing according to new report due to early death & incarceration http://t.co/ikE5cNaM0V #stateofrace
— Aspen Ascend (@AspenAscend) April 21, 2015
Here’s why Congress should drop the ban on federal funds for needle exchanges. (It’s because they work.) http://t.co/eDVzkrdvSQ
— Aspen Institute (@AspenInstitute) April 21, 2015
If you want to better education in schools, you need to start with principals not teachers – http://t.co/zDcjdAmrGH via @nytimes
— PSI (@AspenPSI) April 20, 2015
Important Fred Hiatt column on humanitarian tragedy #Syria. US inaction troubling–250,000 dead; 11 million homeless http://t.co/T2q3uFkFP6
— Nicholas Burns (@RNicholasBurns) April 20, 2015
Iran's foreign minister @JZarif suggests broader engagement on Yemen and other non-nuclear issues http://t.co/ov8VPCUt40
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) April 20, 2015
"the US is up to its neck once more in the Middle Eastern morass" instead of pivot to #Asia ASG Member @FareedZakaria http://t.co/DR9DN77Yd4
— Aspen Strategy Group (@AspenStrategy) April 20, 2015
