IDEAS: the Magazine of the Aspen Institute Winter 2020/21 - The Aspen Institute - The Aspen Institute

Around the Institute

Around the Institute

Editor’s Letter Winter 2020/21

After the pandemic struck, none of the Institute's sudden ability to adapt and find new ways to engage would have been possible without the true hero of the Aspen Institute: Ben Eyler, the managing associate in the audio visual department.

BY Corby Kummer

12.01.2020
Criminal Law and Justice

By the Numbers Winter 2020/21

Criminal justice by the numbers.

BY Institute Staff

12.01.2020
US Government

American Politics: the Next Generation

How healthy is democracy today? The winner of this year’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize Documentary, Boys State, asks that question.

BY Institute Staff

12.01.2020

Twice as Much Work. Not Enough Resources.

There is a population of students who have twice as much work and not enough resources: students who are parents.

BY Institute Staff

12.01.2020
A World of Good

“Virtual exchange helped me promote tolerance and the eradication of stereotypes within my local community”

BY Institute Staff

12.01.2020
Face Time

In March, the Congressional Program scrambled to temporarily redefine a Capitol Hill institution that has served members of Congress for more than 600 breakfasts over 30 years.

BY Institute Staff

12.01.2020

Criminal Law and Justice

Justice League

It’s hard to overstate how much the ground has shifted in the effort to transform the criminal justice system.

BY Institute Staff

12.01.2020
Society

More Alike than Different

Weave and the Listen First Project, creator of the National Week of Conversation, launched a social media and publicengagement campaign called #WeavingCommunity During Crisis.

BY Institute Staff

12.01.2020
Black Girls use their Voices

The Institute’s latest podcast, Shades of Freedom, amplifies promising efforts to reduce mass incarceration and explores the inequalities that perpetuate incarceration.

BY Institute Staff

12.01.2020

Beyond Belief

The American idea is rooted in a vision of people from all religious and ethnic backgrounds uniting in a single nation.

BY Institute Staff

12.01.2020
“The Fierce Urgency of Now"

The Resnick Aspen Action Forum is a platform for Aspen Global Leadership Network fellows—a community of values-driven entrepreneurial leaders—to gather ...

BY Institute Staff

12.01.2020
Fair Share

Structural inequity has created stark wealth divides along racial and gender lines—divides that have only worsened during the pandemic. White households ...

BY Institute Staff

12.01.2020

Count Us In

Mandated by the US Constitution, the Census counts all people living in America every 10 years. The data collected determines funding for critical educatio ...

BY Institute Staff

12.01.2020

Impact: Aspen Tech Policy Hub

Tech Support

Three Aspen Tech Policy Hub fellows put their digital skills to use for the greater good.

BY Institute Staff

12.01.2020
Impact: Health Innovators Fellowship

Rapid Response

The Institute’s Health Innovators fellows have been at the forefront of the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic—from exploring precision medicine to securing PPE.

BY Victoria Scheffel

12.01.2020

As Heard at: Aspen Ideas Health

Bill of Health

As part of the digital Aspen Ideas: Health webinar series, Dr. Uché Blackstock spoke to Dr. Lipi Roy about a more diverse health care workforce, disparities in health outcomes, and why hospitals shouldn’t rely on diversity officers.

BY Institute Staff

12.01.2020
As Heard at: Art

Radical Scene Change

Anna Deavere Smith and Oskar Eustis explore the future of live theater in a turbulent time.

BY Institute Staff

12.01.2020

Features

An Unfinished Beginning

A new Institute partner is connecting people and institutions through art, creative media, and new technology to spark civil discourse, brainstorm solutions, and ultimately, create a more perfect union.

BY Institute Staff

12.01.2020
Virtually Possible

When the world suddenly had to rely on screens to connect, the Stevens Initiative was ready.

BY Institute Staff

12.01.2020

The Aspen Journal of Ideas

America's Next Chapter

Can the Institute create a more inclusive world? Jane Wales explores how Institute programs are joining forces to do just that. Introducing the Pillars of Society.

BY Jane Wales

12.01.2020
Make Justice Local

The Institute’s newest initiative takes a community-driven approach to criminal justice by reducing incarceration and reinvesting in neighborhoods.

BY Douglas Wood

12.01.2020
Money Matters

Why capital markets must address economic and racial inequality.

BY Mark G. Popovich Maureen Conway

12.01.2020