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Employment and Jobs

Job Quality Newsletter — Why the Fight for Equal Opportunity Is Important

In this month’s newsletter, we lift up some of the upcoming and past discussions and writings we’ve done on equal opportunity at work.

BY Maureen Conway Matt Helmer

02.20.2025
Small Business

Closing the Small Business Capital Gap

Businesses need access to capital to thrive, but 79% of small businesses have trouble accessing credit. Small loans aren’t particularly profitable, so ...

BY The Aspen Partnership for an Inclusive Economy

02.14.2025
Employment and Jobs

Canaries in the Coal Mine: Domestic Workers and the Future of Work

In this conversation, we explore what the past can teach us about the future — and how we can ensure that workers have a say in what comes next.

BY Ai-jen Poo Natalie Foster

02.12.2025
Europe and Russia

Porcelain War

Ukraine is like porcelain- easy to break, but impossible to destroy. Years after the onset of war in Ukraine, the nation continues to endure immense hards ...

BY International Partners Health, Medicine & Society Program

02.11.2025
Technology

Our Primer on Responsible Data in Product Equity

Responsible data in Product Equity is possible. Our primer with planning resources, case studies, and current research explains how.

BY Shreya Singh Hernández Cindy Joung

02.11.2025
Leadership

Courageous Leadership For & With Families

Now is the time for leaders to step up and lead with courage. That’s what children and families need. But how can a new generation of leaders inspire fre ...

BY Ascend at the Aspen Institute

02.11.2025
Technology

Strategic Reorientation on AI Competition with China

While the US and UK share some priorities and values, there are significant differences in their approaches to AI competition with China.

BY Aspen Digital

02.06.2025
Employment and Jobs

Upcoming EOP Events

Join us on Zoom on Wednesday, February 26, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, for our next event, “Re-Entry and Good Jobs: Building the Second Chances We All Believe In.”

BY Economic Opportunities Program

02.06.2025
Leadership

Dar Vanderbeck, Vice President, AGLN on this Moment and the 2025 Program

Letter from AGLN Vice President Dar Vanderbeck on this Moment and the 2025 Resnick Aspen Action Program

BY Dar Vanderbeck Aspen Global Leadership Network

02.05.2025
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