How extreme is Nigerian group Boko Haram? Is poverty impacting everyday Americans? How is climate change presenting a major challenge to society as we know it? Programs at the Aspen Institute have been scouring their respective issue areas to find and share the most insightful and informative links to answer these questions, and more.
Scroll down to see tweets from across the Institute this week about what’s important right now. Follow our @AspenInstitute list on Twitter for updates and to keep up with each program’s events, video, and experts, and let us know what you’re reading in the comments section below.
Digital literacy is crucial to learning in the digital age but too often misunderstood. @TeachThought breaks it down. http://t.co/ry03uNL0U0
— Aspen Task Force (@AspenTaskForce) May 9, 2014
Who is Boko Haram? TIME Jerusalem Bureau Chief @karl_vick writes five things you ought to know about Nigerian group http://t.co/hNg6jfw4mA
— Aspen Security Forum (@AspenSecurity) May 8, 2014
Why #talkpoverty? It's where 40% of American between the ages 26-60 will be for at least a year. http://t.co/Sjq3vxqwGA
— Aspen Ascend (@AspenAscend) May 7, 2014
New #USClimateReport released today. "#ClimateChange presents a major challenge for society” Check it out here: http://t.co/rafT3nmltl
— AMP (@AMPGlobal) May 6, 2014
Why @nature_org and @JPMorgan Chase are investing $1 billion in nature http://t.co/ApBJfec0cQ via @GreenBiz #impactinvesting @AMPGlobal
— Aspen BSP (@AspenBizSociety) May 5, 2014
"#JuliaGlass is deft at description. Many of her images linger for a long while after you read them." –@nytimesbooks http://t.co/w3Ztguunv6
— Aspen Writers (@AspenWriters) May 5, 2014
