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What We're Reading 8/29: A Weekly List of Our Program Directors' Must-See Media

What's stopping companies from training their employees? Does social media censor, rather than spur debate? How dangerous is ISIS to the US? Programs at the Aspen Institute have been scouring their respective issue areas to find and share the most insightful and informative links to answer these questions, and more.

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08.29.2014
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Author Hannah Tinti on Finding Inspiration Writing in New Surroundings

Award-winning author and editor Hannah Tinti just concluded three weeks as the August Aspen Writers’ Foundation’s Writer in Residence. Tinti spent her residency in Aspen, CO, polishing the final draft of her latest novel, whose working title is "The Twelve Bullets of Samuel Holly." While in Aspen, Tinti read a chapter from that draft and shared details about her experience as a resident writer.

BY Barbara Dills, Guest Blogger

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08.26.2014
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What We're Reading 8/22: A Weekly List of Our Program Directors' Must-See Media

What can we learn about ourselves from being rated? What can be done to address the hunger crisis in America's colleges? Should the US go to war with the Islamic State? Programs at the Aspen Institute have been scouring their respective issue areas to find and share the most insightful and informative links to answer these questions, and more.

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08.22.2014
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What We're Reading 8/15: A Weekly List of Our Program Directors' Must-See Media

If poverty stunts brain growth, what does it mean for impoverished kids' futures? What impact does #iftheygunnedmedown and other hashtag activism have on society? And is it possible to be a good parent & a good CEO? Programs at the Aspen Institute have been scouring their respective issue areas to find and share the most insightful and informative links to answer these questions, and more.

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08.15.2014
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What We're Reading 8/8: A Weekly List of Our Program Directors' Must-See Media

How can we fix childhood inactivity? Are student loan middlemen making the college debt crisis even worse? And why is the Ebola virus not just an African problem? Programs at the Aspen Institute have been scouring their respective issue areas to find and share the most insightful and informative links to answer these questions, and more.

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08.08.2014
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What We're Reading 8/1: A Weekly List of Our Program Directors' Must-See Media

Why should failure be your muse? What's the definition of disruptive leadership? And what are five big ideas that can change the world as we know it? Programs at the Aspen Institute have been scouring their respective issue areas to find and share the most insightful and informative links to answer these questions, and more.

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08.01.2014
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What We're Reading 7/25: A Weekly List of Our Program Directors' Must-See Media

How does a good education improve the health of disadvantaged youth? What is one way to protect sex workers from HIV globally? How does rhetoric impact the ...

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07.25.2014
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What We're Reading 7/18: A Weekly List of Our Program Directors' Must-See Media

When it comes to standardized testing, why don't low-income schools have access to the same resources? Why are so few American children in the "healthy fit ...

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07.18.2014
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What We're Reading 7/11: A Weekly List of Our Program Directors' Must-See Media

A new tool enabling healthcare researchers to collaborate on a global scale. How doing nothing can be a leadership trait. The five best ideas of the day. Programs at the Aspen Institute have been scouring their respective issue areas to find and share the most insightful and informative links to answer these questions, and more.

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07.11.2014
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