If poverty stunts brain growth, what does it mean for impoverished kids’ futures? What impact does #iftheygunnedmedown and other hashtag activism have on society? And is it possible to be a good parent & a good CEO? 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.
Former US Amb. to #Iraq: Air strikes key to tactical battle, but will not defeat #IS long-term http://t.co/4baobY3ZfH
— Aspen Security Forum (@AspenSecurity) August 14, 2014
The Four Leadership Lessons #Millennials Really Need http://t.co/CKSoMJ6dUA via @stevedenning on @forbes
— The Franklin Project (@FranklinProj) August 14, 2014
How poverty stunts a growing brain via @wilsonquarterly http://t.co/k3dYkYs7gj
— Aspen Ascend (@AspenAscend) August 13, 2014
Powerful picture we took today at Howard University #Ferguson #MikeBrown #MyaWhite #DONTSHOOT pic.twitter.com/ttdVg33n5w
— Megan Sims (@The_Blackness48) August 14, 2014
Should presidents be limited to a single 6yr term? Does hashtag activism work? http://t.co/2wgbBMb0BY pic.twitter.com/1KugIlQggG
— Aspen Institute (@AspenInstitute) August 12, 2014
How much of creativity is genetic? @TheAtlantic interviews twin #novelists http://t.co/pl1Zz6NPDp
— Aspen Writers (@AspenWriters) August 12, 2014
Is being a good parent & a good CEO impossible? http://t.co/4EGqXpd8hW by @rzgreenfield via @FastCompany
— Aspen BSP (@AspenBizSociety) August 11, 2014
