What are 10 books on arts and culture worth reading? Do the mass resignations at the New Republic signal a crisis in journalism? What’s the “very American” aspect of the recently released torture report? 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.
What caused cheap #gas prices? Might be the result of an existential battle between Saudi Arabia and #ISIS. http://t.co/w1ngJCRxN0
— Aspen Institute (@AspenInstitute) December 11, 2014
#GeorgePacker: journalism is in crisis, but the crisis has nothing to do with the work journalists actually do http://t.co/XjfnakUFdJ
— Aspen Writers (@AspenWriters) December 10, 2014
Though belated & perhaps debatable, SSIC report has done something "very American," says @djrothkopf #TortureReport http://t.co/CHXTJqe0Hg
— Aspen Security Forum (@AspenSecurity) December 10, 2014
"First Generation" film looks at #firstgen students' college experiences. The biggest challenge? Misinformation.
http://t.co/Lw4qIBpWZ6
— College Excellence (@AspenHigherEd) December 9, 2014
Millions of discarded laptop batteries could light homes in the developing world. http://t.co/W6VoZ3pXGw pic.twitter.com/bQhwaPKQU2
— Aspen Institute (@AspenInstitute) December 9, 2014
We are still blown away by @tomfriedman's @nytimes column on Islam, the internet & ideas, so we're reading it again: http://t.co/GywggS7LNq
— Aspen Middle East (@AspenMidEast) December 8, 2014
RT @HuffPostArts: Holiday Reads: 10 recent books on art and culture http://t.co/arVOuufE9E pic.twitter.com/HEdkYgbWLi
— Aspen Institute Arts (@AspenInstArts) December 8, 2014
