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Politics

How to Cover Election Day and Beyond

Elections in a democracy are just as much about convincing the loser that he or she actually lost—and that the process was free, fair, and secure enough that the loser can accept the result as legitimate.

BY Garrett Graff & 1 more

Blog Post

10.19.2020
Politics

Let us abolish the Electoral College

The Electoral College has failed to push parties to form broad coalitions.

BY Dan Glickman

Blog Post

10.13.2020
Media

The Right Way to Cover Hacks and Leaks

The political media did almost everything wrong in covering the theft-and-leak of John Podesta's private emails amid the heat of the 2016 presidential campaign, four years ago today—and yet it’s not at all clear that if confronted by an operation similar to what Russian intelligence executed in targeting the Democratic National Committee via Hillary Clinton’s campaign chair, that we’d get it any more right now.

BY Garrett Graff

Blog Post

10.13.2020
Politics

George Will on American Conservatism

George Will, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist at The Washington Post with Susan Page, Washington Bureau chief for USA TODAY

BY Aspen Community Programs

Video

07.20.2020
Politics

Looking Ahead to the 2020 Presidential Election

Rachel Bitecofer, senior fellow of elections at the Niskanen Center, and Tamara Keith, NPR White House correspondent, in conversation with Dan Glickman, executive director of the Aspen Institute Congressional Program.

BY Aspen Community Programs

Video

07.14.2020
Politics

McCloskey Speaker Series: Looking Ahead to the 2020 Presidential Election

Featuring Rachel Bitecofer, senior fellow of elections at the Niskanen Center, and Tamara Keith, NPR White House correspondent in conversation with Dan Glickman, executive director of the Aspen Institute Congressional Program.

Event

06.10.2020
Small Business

Not Debatable: Economic Policies Need to Work for Latinos Too

Candidates at the ninth Democratic debate discuss Latino-owned businesses and their plans for closing the $7 billion gap between white entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs of color.

BY Lara Kinne

Blog Post

02.21.2020
Business and Markets

Predictions for Business & Society in 2020

The year 2020 is many things: the first of a new decade, a presidential election in the United States with global implications, and perhaps, a year of newfound economic uncertainty. Just how much will change – and how much will continue? Here are 20 predictions from leaders in business and academia.

BY Business and Society Program

Blog Post

12.19.2019
Family Finances

Democrats Hear the ‘Yes in My Backyard’ Message

Our housing advisor, Jenny Schuetz of the Brookings Institution, is quoted in Atlantic article on the topic of housing and the 2020 presidential candidates.

BY Financial Security Program & 1 more

Of Interest

08.06.2019