How can a new app “shame” water wasters? Should companies be penalized for not paying their workers a living wage? After one year in office, how has President Narendra Modi changed ties between the India and the US? 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.
.@NormanJacknis on the role of libraries and librarians looking forward: http://t.co/5ha2Jp0kyQ
— Aspen C&S (@aspencs) May 27, 2015
To fight water waste, apps help Californians “droughtshame” their neighbors.
http://t.co/YdrPWJMC0B @samsanders https://t.co/jL4dKxLi5G
— Aspen Institute (@AspenInstitute) May 27, 2015
We know where #ISIS is hiding, but "we have not taken the fight to these guys," say US pilots over #Iraq http://t.co/KBDr9W2Usx
— Aspen Security Forum (@AspenSecurity) May 26, 2015
Today marks Modi's 1st year in office. How has he transformed US-#India ties? http://t.co/81azgu8JOL by @AyresAlyssa pic.twitter.com/ReaRlHvpaO
— CFR (@CFR_org) May 26, 2015
"#PaidSickLeave is the next frontier in the fight for the country’s lowest earners." @AP http://t.co/XdJcnXAqWK
— Aspen Ascend (@AspenAscend) May 26, 2015
BLOG: As #Africa's economy grows, how should leaders tackle inequality? – @MarDieye: http://t.co/Q2McfYxgDL #AEO2015 pic.twitter.com/WXQdg1SG7Z
— UN Development (@UNDP) May 26, 2015
Is it time for companies (instead of taxpayers) to pay for not paying their workers a living wage? http://t.co/E7uN4jQwhI via @FastCoExist
— Aspen BSP (@AspenBizSociety) May 25, 2015