Aspen Ideas Now

A major work of moral philosophy, "Morality" is an inspiring vision of a world in which we can all find our place and face the future without fear.

Aspen Institute Arts Program and Aspen Film presented a one-night-only pre-release virtual screening of the acclaimed documentary, Boys State. Including post-film panel with filmmakers Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss and the film’s featured Boys State participants Ben Feinstein, Steven Garza and René Otero, moderated by Aspen Institute Executive Vice President Elliot Gerson. Watch here!

Join us for an engaging conversation with 2020 Aspen Words Literary Prize winner Christy Lefteri, author of “The Beekeeper of Aleppo.”

Featuring Melody Barnes, chair of the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions and Opportunity Youth Forum and former director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, and John Bridgeland, former director of the United States Domestic Policy Council and USA Freedom Corps, in conversation with Dan Porterfield, president and CEO of the Aspen Institute.

Featuring George Will, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist at The Washington Post, and commentator for NBC News and MSNBC, in conversation with Susan Page, Washington Bureau chief for USA TODAY. He is the author of numerous books on the Western political tradition including most recently, The Conservative Sensibility.

Facebook made the unprecedented move to appoint an independent Oversight Board empowered to make decisions about what content can appear on the global platform.

The Change Within: New Ways of Living? The fifth in a weekly series reimagining society post COVID-19.