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Employment and Jobs

Reinventing Restaurant Work

It's time to take a careful look at the practices embedded in our employment systems. The restaurant industry is a good place to start.

BY Jenny Weissbourd

Blog Post

06.12.2020
Health Care

American Racism Through the Lens of COVID-19

This pandemic has further exposed the long-standing inequities and injustices that people of color, particularly Black, Indigenous, and Latinx people, experience within the U.S. health care system.

BY Health Innovators Fellowship & 1 more

Video

06.10.2020
US Government

Hurst Lecture Series: America at An Inflection Point

Featuring Melody Barnes, chair of the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions and Opportunity Youth Forum and former director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, and John Bridgeland, former director of the United States Domestic Policy Council and USA Freedom Corps, in conversation with Dan Porterfield, president and CEO of the Aspen Institute.

Event

06.10.2020
Literature

5 Books That Shine A Spotlight on Racial Injustice

Words, sentences, and stories can lead to shifts in consciousness, to action and to change.

BY Aspen Words

Blog Post

06.03.2020
Racial Equity

We Must Keep Their Names Alive

The criminalization of poverty is a stark reminder of the legacy of race and the criminal justice system.

BY Douglas Wood

Blog Post

06.02.2020
Employment and Jobs

EOP Newsletter, May 2020

The COVID-19 crisis brings new urgency to our work to improve jobs, expand business ownership, and advance economic opportunity.

BY Economic Opportunities Program

Of Interest

05.26.2020
Literature

The Many Stories of Houston

Washington’s debut story collection, Lot, is a nominee for the Aspen Words Literary Prize.

BY Aspen Words

Blog Post

02.13.2020
Literature

Jacqueline Woodson Will Not Be Erased

The author believes her role is to remind her readers how this moment for Black people came to be.

BY Aspen Words

Blog Post

02.07.2020
Literature

Maurice Carlos Ruffin on the Future We Should Fear

In his novel We Cast a Shadow, Ruffin uses satire to shed light on our white supremacist history.

BY Aspen Words

Blog Post

02.07.2020
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