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Technology

Intimacy in Isolation

COVID-19 is challenging that most primal of human instincts — to be together. To what extent will this type of interaction change our understanding of what it means to be in a community and a society?

BY Aspen Digital

Video

3 days ago
Employment and Jobs

Will the Pandemic Encourage Policymakers to Implement Stronger Workplace Protections for Independent Contractors?

The crisis has drawn much needed attention to the gaps in workplace protections for millions of Americans in precarious jobs.

BY Jenny R. Yang & 2 more

Blog Post

3 days ago
Society

Learning in a Time of Isolation

On a Sunday evening in October 1939, C. S. Lewis took the pulpit in Oxford and gave a sermon, “Learning in War-Time”. The much-anticipat

BY Todd Breyfogle

Blog Post

3 days ago
Identity and Equity

This Pandemic Has Exposed the Inequities of Our Nation

At the end of this crisis, will we go back to life as it was? Or will we work to remedy the structural issues that have surfaced?

BY Health Innovators Fellowship

Blog Post

3 days ago
Public Health

As the World Goes Viral: The Evolving Pandemic

This conversation featured New York Times columnist and best-selling author Thomas L. Friedman.

BY Society of Fellows

Video

3 days ago
Sustainable Growth

Why This Infrastructure Bill Must Focus on Resilience

The continuation of band-aid fixes will only create deeper cracks, exacerbating the impacts of crises like this pandemic.

BY Greg Gershuny & 3 more

Blog Post

4 days ago
Business School

How Covid-19 Is Changing Global Business

What impacts will this crisis have on business and the economy, and how can business education adapt? These IWT Award winners weigh in.

BY Ideas Worth Teaching

Blog Post

5 days ago
Business and Markets

Economic Crises: A Crucible for Change?

As we face new economic upheaval in 2020, what lessons can we learn from the last global financial crisis?

BY Business and Society Program

Podcast

6 days ago
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