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Climate Change

Driving Climate Action with Direct Action

Climate activists are taking a page from Martin Luther King's book.

BY Greg Gershuny

Blog Post

03.18.2019
Society

What Would MLK Say About Today's America?

Henry Louis Gates speaks with Walter Isaacson about what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would think of today's black America.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

01.11.2018
Civic Action

7 Times That Protests Changed US History

Protesting is a part of the American DNA. When voices unite, there are real results.

BY Mae Cromwell

Blog Post

12.15.2016
Identity and Equity

The Paradox of the Declaration of Independence

Jefferson’s notion of liberty, while visionary for his time, did not extend to all people.

BY Leslie Greene Bowman

Blog Post

07.01.2016
National Service

A National Service Challenge on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

When only 25 percent of Americans regularly volunteer and national service programs turn away more young people than they accept, we wonder whether America is really doing enough to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King.

BY John Bridgeland and Bruce Reed, Guest Bloggers

Blog Post

01.18.2016
Racial Equity

A Conversation with U.S. Representative John R. Lewis

Congressman John R. Lewis (D-GA), civil rights leader, and co-author of the bestselling graphic memoir March: Book One (Top Shelf Productions), is the reci ...

BY Institute Staff

Video

07.21.2014
Around the Institute

Action Forum Participants Connect to Message in "Letter from Birmingham Jail"

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" is a seminal text used as an integral part of the Aspen Seminar, and many Aspen ...

Video

07.30.2013