Aspen Ideas Now

The pandemic and social unrest around racism make it a challenging time for students and educators, but it’s also a period of opportunity.

Wes Moore, author of Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City (written with Erica Green), says communities around the United States must confront systemic racism.

Can we protect free thinking while promoting a more inclusive culture and protecting against the harms of speech? PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel thinks we can.

One-hundred years ago this month, women suffragists celebrated the passage of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution.

Is the rhetoric true that if you work hard and play by the rules, you should be able to rise as far as your talents take you? Michael Sandel doesn’t think so.

The time we’re living in is unusually tumultuous. The Covid-19 pandemic is causing loss, disruption, illness, grief, anxiety, and uncertainty.

Hawley speaks with Ben Domenech, co-founder and publisher of The Federalist, about foreign and domestic policy challenges he says will define the 21st century, and shares an organizing principle that may unite conservatives in 2020 and beyond.

The way evangelicalism and politics are intertwined is changing. Political commentator David French finds that young evangelicals are frustrated by a focus in the church on politics rather than gospel.

George Will, author of The Conservative Sensibility, says conservatism is “an orphan persuasion.”

Last month, Grammy-nominated musician Jon Batiste was followed by a brass band, dancers, and musicians in New York City.