From an in-depth look at why and how teens use social networks to Gap raising the minimum wage for its employees to an update on the declining US-Russia partnership to forge a solution to the war in Syria, Aspen Institute programs have been scouring their respective issue areas to find and share the most insightful and informative links with their Twitter followers.
Scroll down to see tweets from across the Institute with links to what’s topical 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.
.@greenhousenyt writes: @Gap to Raise Minimum Hourly Pay http://t.co/KLJGmBdXBY Will this encourage others to follow suit? #minimumwage
— Aspen BSP (@AspenBizSociety) February 21, 2014
US voters support greater school choice & funding schools w/ their own set of rules | #50CANEdRoadTrip | http://t.co/JBytIGwMOD
— NewSchools (@nsvf) February 20, 2014
Inspirational mentoring nonprofit "New York Needs You" featured in @WSJ: "NY Needs You Expands, Goes National" http://t.co/bd4B1n7gjd
— The McNulty Prize (@TheMcNultyPrize) February 20, 2014
Microsoft principal researcher danah boyd on her new book, It's Complicated: The Social LIves of Networked Teens: http://t.co/4rpoU9fu3F
— Aspen Task Force (@AspenTaskForce) February 19, 2014
How private sector is impacting social development. See this video http://t.co/tcFsGN4kK0 via @USAID
— AMP (@AMPGlobal) February 19, 2014
RT @ChipCarlin: 18% of women in female-headed, low-income families don’t have a HS diploma http://t.co/qEL51Y1C4B #wkdev
— Workforce Strategies (@AspenWorkforce) February 19, 2014
.@SangerNYT & @EricSchmittNYT: U.S. Scolds Russia as It Weighs Options on Syrian War http://t.co/Nx1A0Mv7d1
— Aspen Security Forum (@AspenSecurity) February 18, 2014
Some Americans are moving across state lines just for higher minimum-wage jobs: http://t.co/1kLpk3DjVM
— Aspen Ascend (@AspenAscend) February 18, 2014
