Aspen Journal of Ideas

A radically simple idea to help more students find scholarship dollars is the creation of an accessible, multilingual, searchable database of scholarships and how to win them. The Department of Education should lead on this empowering initiative.

In the workplace, in schools and across life’s interactions, we must do more than accommodate people with autism. We must challenge ourselves to be creative about ways to put their skills, enthusiasm and special talents to work.

What do the recently released Panama Papers, ExxonMobil, and a Canadian mining company operating in Guatemala all share? They are all cases in which powerful individuals and organizations tried – and failed – to obfuscate, deceive, or hide behind a front.

With the death of civility online and the end of free content — without a replacement that could preserve the immense promise of journalism to make the world a better place — the Internet still has much work to do.

A San Francisco experiment is demonstrating that shifting government thinking closer to the language of startups can pay off with a streamlined, efficient procurement process that’s better for citizens.

Buried among the 169 targets contained in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was the vital pledge to eliminate “preventable child deaths” by 2030. It is a cause for our generation.

Debate over the merits of the nuclear deal and Iranian actions in the Middle East continues to divide Washington. Seemingly any event involving Iran is spun by political opponents as either a sign that Iran is willing to engage more cooperatively with the U.S. or that an arrogant Iran is being increasingly aggressive while the U.S. stands idly by.

I marvel at how far we have come — but every so often I am gobsmacked by how far we have NOT come.

The notion that the knowledge base of its citizens has a direct effect on the health of American political discourse has been around since the nation’s founding.

For all workers, there are only 24 hours in a day to accomplish both job and home responsibilities. While racing the clock is a universal experience, the challenge is particularly acute for those with de-stabilizing job schedules who live with little or no economic cushion.