gun violence

Preventing Gun Violence: Inclusion?

How do we go beyond the binary of gun control versus gun rights and get to the crux of this issue to save lives? Arne Duncan and Megan Ranney talk their unique approaches to gun violence prevention.

December 3, 2021

Big Data Will Not Stop School Violence

Aspen Tech Policy Hub Fellow, Ora Tanner, discusses the Florida Schools Safety Portal (FSSP) and the various the limitations of using data-driven technology to solve school violence.

November 14, 2019

The Rise of Violent White Nationalism in the US

Aspen Security Forum Scholar Erin Waters asks what we as American citizens can do to stop extremism.

July 3, 2019
A crowd holding up red flares.

How Should We Memorialize Victims of Mass Violence?

Architect and activist Michael Murphy discusses the best way to build something that honors the fallen.

November 8, 2018
Las Vegas memorial

Listen Longer 1/16: North Korea, Guns and Congress, and More

This past week Aspen Institute Radio featured highlights of some of the latest sessions around the Institute, including conversations about North Korea, guns and Congress, civic leadership, and rethinking the meaning of national service.

January 19, 2016

Civic Practice Scholar Karlyn Boens on Spike Lee’s ‘Chi-Raq’

I saw Chi-Raq last week. There were only four people in the theater, including myself. Afterward, we headed toward the exit in silence. No one dared to talk about it.

December 23, 2015

Ta-Nehisi Coates and Mayor Mitch Landrieu Discuss Whether Violence Is a Function of Culture or the Consequence of History

Landrieu and Coates are both eager to address this issue, but they each had very different ideas about the nature of the problem and how it could be resolved.

July 3, 2015

Former President Jimmy Carter Talks Racism, Foreign Policy, Gun Violence, and More

In a frank discussion of international affairs, racism, and gun violence at home, and the wide-ranging global work of the Carter Center, former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter offered an intimate glimpse into their personal, professional, and political lives, while doling out sharp criticism of the way some issues are being handled today.

June 25, 2015