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Literature

What We’re Reading: The Water Dancer

Ta-Nehisi Coates' upcoming first novel is a piece of fiction set in the world of the Underground Railroad.

BY David K. Gibson

Blog Post

10.03.2019
Colleges and Universities

How Should Universities Atone for Their Past Mistakes?

Higher-education institutions are acknowledging their histories of slavery and discrimination.

BY Alia Wong, The Atlantic

Blog Post

10.03.2016
Criminal Law and Justice

Solitary Confinement Through the Eyes of a Former Prisoner

Hear what former prisoner Shaka Senghor, who was incarcerated for 19 years and now directs strategy for the bipartisan initiative #cut50, has to say about President Barack Obama's recent pledge to end solitary confinement for juveniles and low-level offenders.

BY Aspen Ideas To Go

Podcast

02.04.2016
Identity and Equity

Is Violence a Function of Culture?

Landrieu and Coates are both eager to address this issue, but they each had very different ideas about the nature of the problem and how it could be resolved.

BY Eric Christensen

Blog Post

07.03.2015
Around the Institute

Ta-Nehisi Coates and Alex Kotlowitz

Journalist Alex Kotlowitz interviewed at the 2014 Washington Ideas Forum.

BY Institute Contributor

Video

11.10.2014
Sports

Players Own the Game

Athletes demand more respect than they once did, says Ta-Nehisi Coates. Fans are more likely to see actions through the eyes of players.

BY Aspen Institute Staff

Video

06.27.2011
Racial Equity

Post Racial America?

Has America's racial destiny been fulfilled with the election of the nation's first black president?

BY Aspen Institute Staff

Video

07.08.2010
Racial Equity

Race & Politics: Where are We in 2008?

Ta-Nehisi Coates, Richard Thompson Ford, Shelby Steele and Charles Kamasaki discuss the immigration question that has changed politics in the last two year ...

BY Aspen Institute Staff

Video

07.03.2008