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More Alike than Different

Weave and the Listen First Project, creator of the National Week of Conversation, launched a social media and publicengagement campaign called #WeavingCommunity During Crisis.

BY Institute Staff

Longform

12.01.2020
Society

Healing in the United States: Wonder and Grace? | Two-Part Episode

The Presidential election in the U.S. revealed deep divisions across political and ideological lines. Many are now asking: what will it take to bring the c ...

BY Aspen Global Leadership Network

Podcast

11.28.2020
Society

The Most Important Rule for a More Civil Thanksgiving: No Eye Rolling

Current political fault lines are fracturing American society as people grow further apart from one another due to differing beliefs and opinions.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

11.24.2020
Society

Elevating The Common Good Over Self-Interest

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks says liberal democracy has become about “me” instead of “us.”

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

11.04.2020
Society

Is the American Dream Finished?

Ford Foundation President and CEO Darren Walker joins PayPal CEO Dan Schulman to consider the unfinished work of building a more just economy.

BY Aspen Ideas Now

Video

10.30.2020
Society

Do Millennials and Gen Z Believe in the American Dream?

A new study led by Kristin Soltis Anderson, author of The Selfie Vote, asked young Americans how they feel about their future.

BY Aspen Ideas Now

Video

10.30.2020
Society

Can We Imagine a Better Way to ‘Be’ Americans?

Claudia Rankine and Eric Liu, CEO of Citizen University, discuss the urgency of imagining a different way of being American.

BY Aspen Ideas Now

Video

10.30.2020
Society

Breakdown of the Social Contract: Resilience?

A tragic explosion. Economic collapse. COVID-19. A revolution. Some of the latest challenges in Lebanon - a country wracked by decades of them - serve as a poignant reminder that we each have a role to play to ensure our leaders lead well, that our citizens stay engaged, and that we don’t get too comfortable in our own leadership while our world is falling apart.

BY Aspen Global Leadership Network

Podcast

10.24.2020
Society

Getting Along: It’s a Matter of Rolling Up Your Sleeves

Bill Bishop and James Fallows discuss the geography of personal and political belief in the pandemic era.

BY Aspen Ideas Now

Video

10.16.2020
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