October 8, 2021 - The Aspen Institute Five Best Ideas of the Day: October 8, 2021 - The Aspen Institute

The US has an ugly obsession with the “right” number of immigrants.

Tanvi Misra in The New Republic
The benefits and drawbacks of a four-day school week.

M. Rebecca Kilburn, Andrea Phillips, Celia J. Gomez, Louis T. Mariano, Christopher Joseph Doss, Wendy M. Troxel, Emily Morton, and Kevin Estes for the RAND Corporation
Why is it so hard to find a job right now?

Claire Hyman for WBEZ Chicago
The post office is going to try out being a bank.

Talib Visram in Fast Company
There is an urgent need for more Black therapists.

Alicia Lue in The Walrus