Five Best Ideas of the Day: May 6, 2021 - The Aspen Institute

How the West has changed since the last census.

Anna V. Smith in High Country News
Oklahoma restaurants' "giving walls" let the hungry use a prepaid receipt for a meal.

Cathy Free in The Washington Post
How going solar is helping U.S. schools save millions.

Nikolay Nikolov for Mashable
Four ways governments disrupt internet access.

Vittoria Elliott for Rest of the World
How cities can give streets to kids for a 'summer of play.'

Alexandra Lange in Bloomberg CityLab