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American Reckoning, American Renewal
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Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller is scheduled to testify in front of Congress Wednesday.
![Emily Bazelon 2019 AIF](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nulla265e221-cf18-4104-8dc6-b8c28f36ed48/48152594821_7a85fb33e8_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=8a5f4e&q=80&rect=447%2C0%2C2704%2C2704&w=400)
![Emily Bazelon 2019 AIF](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nulla265e221-cf18-4104-8dc6-b8c28f36ed48/48152594821_7a85fb33e8_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=447%2C0%2C2704%2C2704&w=400)
The Supreme Court has made decisions on two landmark cases: political gerrymandering and the census.
![Correcting America's Historical Memory](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null1702e2ec-8cec-40f9-88b6-6c8a199645c2/48170700882_95b893d8d6_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C166%2C1600%2C901&w=400)
“The past is never dead,” wrote William Faulkner so famously. “It's not even past.” Indeed, the stories we tell ourselves about the past, always seen through one looking glass...
![Fresh Eyes from Both Sides of the Aisle: Freshman In Congress](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullc6b1bf25-1891-47b3-902d-dd197000c5bd/48153973062_341f55a6ab_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=211%2C68%2C3709%2C2084&w=400)
You have a passion and you want to make change in the world. But how? Political office! So you run, raise money, hire a staff, hit a grueling campaign trail, and win the elect...
![What Gets Lost When Polls Become the Story](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null6e0621f2-6324-4b9b-bd5a-d3096232ed6c/AdobeStock_46072737.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C2593%2C2592&w=400)
When endeavoring to stay informed about a 2020 campaign landscape that features dozens of candidates, it can be tempting to rely on political polling as a shortcut to news-gat...
![How American Women Are Amplifying Their Political Power](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null1ba76c6f-89b5-4a48-a415-fb41cda8857a/AdobeStock_202864678.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=857%2C0%2C3648%2C3648&w=400)
The divide between targeted values-based approaches and broad-based efforts remains a fascinating reflection of the tensions inherent in Trump-era women’s organizing.
![#Metoo, Time's Up — What Now? Ensuring Opportunity for All Women and Girls](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nulla7de8336-5231-4964-a5a8-4a818de78fc7/48146045446_04cb292205_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C51%2C1600%2C899&w=400)
By some measures, American women are enjoying more opportunity today than ever before. And the #MeToo movement brought women’s stories of surviving harassment and assault to t...
![Forging an American Immigration Policy for the 21st Century](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullac3354fd-600a-4efd-9201-f18e23f3a8de/48144540576_63c5d6d475_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C87%2C1600%2C901&w=400)
Many Americans hold dear our identity as a “nation of immigrants” and the “land of opportunity.” But our immigration processes are convoluted, backlogged, and choked with woul...
![Repairing America's Social Fabric, One Community at a Time](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nulle4d714b7-9f0e-48a9-acd9-8c88ba7a5469/48145032386_a09f6b88d7_h1.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C15%2C1600%2C901&w=400)
Our country’s social fabric is badly frayed by distrust, division and exclusion. But across America, people are quietly working to end loneliness and isolation and weave toget...