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Gender Equity

Feminism is Challenging Authoritarianism

2019 Aspen Ideas Festival speaker Leta Hong Fincher on the oppression of women abroad and in the US, and the role gender equality plays in a healthy democracy.

BY Leta Hong Fincher

Blog Post

06.11.2019
Communications

The Knight Commission Report

The Knight Commission unanimously recommends cross-sector, guiding actions to restore trust in media and democracy.

BY Communications and Society Program

Publication

02.05.2019
Urban Innovation

Culture Shift: How Tech is Changing Citizenship

Alberto Ibargüen, President of The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation sits down with Jennifer Bradley, Director of the Center for Urban Innovation, The Aspen Institute to discuss how technology is changing citizenship around the world at CityLab Detroit.

BY CityLab 2018

Video

10.29.2018
Media

Media Bias Is Driving Distrust in Our Communities

The Knight Commission on Trust, Media and Democracy is on a mission to understand the growing distrust between Americans and the media.

BY Kristine Gloria

Blog Post

06.12.2018
World Affairs

Democracies Are Under Siege

Economist Dambisa Moyo will speak as part of the Globalization Revisited track at the Aspen Ideas Festival.

BY Dambisa Moyo

Blog Post

06.11.2018
Communications

Restoring Trust in US Institutions

The Knight Commission on Trust, Media and Democracy shares what they have learned over the past year.

BY Kristine Gloria

Blog Post

06.06.2018
Communications

Learnings from the Knight Commission

Together, the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, have convened a blue-ribbon commission on Trust, Media and Democracy.

BY Communications and Society Program

Blog Post

12.20.2017
Society

America's Survival Depends on Civility

Intolerance and incivility will not be extinguished without commitment to do what is right.

BY Eric L. Motley

Blog Post

12.11.2017
US Government

Trump Didn't Change American Democracy

The changes were underway for decades, according to EJ Dionne and Norman J. Ornstein.

BY Sean McGovern

Blog Post

12.06.2017
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