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Answering the State of the Union’s Call to Citizenship

In response to last night's State of the Union address, Aspen Institute program directors are reacting to President Barack Obama's promises to tackle some ...

BY Tara Maller

Blog Post

01.29.2014
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HOPE and Bill Bynum Win the $100,000 John P. McNulty Prize

Nearly 20 years ago, several of us in the Mid-South decided that in order to tackle the problems of poverty in the Mississippi Delta, we needed something entirely new.

BY Gov. William Winter, guest blogger

Blog Post

11.06.2013
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NAACP Chairman Emeritus Speaks to Wye Fellows

Former NAACP Chairman Julian Bond speaks to an audience of Aspen Wye Fellows at the Aspen Institute River House. Photo by George HatcherThe Aspen ...

Blog Post

11.01.2013
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Ten Lessons for Taking Leadership on Racial Equity

The Roundtable’s most recent publication distills ten lessons for how to take leadership on the difficult topic of race in America. Based on our ten year ...

BY Roundtable on Community Change

Publication

05.13.2013
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Dan Glickman: Reaction to the State of the Union

Dan Glickman is VP and executive director of the Aspen Institute's Congressional Program. Last night President Obama delivered a powerful State of the U ...

BY Dan Glickman

Blog Post

02.13.2013
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The Surprising Effect of the Civil Rights Movement

Author and historian Taylor Branch stopped by the Aspen Institute to discuss his latest tome, “The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movem ...

BY Karen Sommer Shalett

Video

01.28.2013
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Taylor Branch Defines Change

At a recent book talk in the Aspen Institute's Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch responds to a ...

BY Institute Contributor

Blog Post

01.28.2013
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Taylor Branch Discusses The King Years

Watch Taylor Branch and a panel discuss the status of college sports at the 2012 Aspen Ideas Festival.

BY Institute Contributor

Blog Post

01.17.2013
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Affirmative Action: Déjà vu at the High Court

In the 2003 Supreme Court decision in Grutter v. Bollinger, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, writing for the Court, upheld the University of Texas’s use of ...

BY Meryl Chertoff

Blog Post

12.10.2012
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