2017 Festival 1 and Festival 2
- Aspen Ideas 2017
The America I Know
2017 |
The America I Know
If the 2016 election cycle taught us anything, it may be that our country is more deeply divided than many of us ever imagined. And the distances between us — between the wealthy and the barely-making-it, the urban and the rural, white people and people of color, the more educated and the less educated — can be so vast that it can be hard to find common threads. In this series of conversations, we’ll look to leaders of all kinds from around our country to probe not only the roots and realities behind these divisions, but to help identify the ties that bind us together, and the ideas and solutions that are making life better for all Americans.
Track Events
'In the Thick' LIVE: The Blame Game — Immigrants and Crime
How Did We Get Here? The Roots and Future of Populism
'Pod Save America' LIVE
Is Civil Discourse Dead?
A Democrat, a Republican, a Rental Car — and a Road Map to Better Politics
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's "The Vietnam War" (First Look and Discussion)
Are the Founders Back in Vogue?
Muslims and Jews in America
Are the Founding Fathers Overrated?
Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White
Being Muslim and American in 2017
Something Important Is Dying: Reclaiming the Democratic Virtues of Moderation, Civility, and Compromise
Black in America Since MLK
State of Resistance: An Interview with California Attorney General Xavier Becerra
Bridges, Walls, and Faith: The Tough Questions Facing Latinos in Trump’s America
Stopping the Violence in Chicago: Lessons for America’s Cities
Can Faith Help Unite Us in Divided Times?
Taking Aim at Online Hate
Classroom Confidential: Two Teachers of the Year on Their Work, Students, and Education Today
Tear Down this Wall
Conservatism, the Republican Party, and President Trump
The America I Have Come to Know through StoryCorps
Deep Dive: Rural Realities— A Closer Look at the Issues and Opportunities Outside America’s Urban Cores
The America Women Know
Dispatches from the Front Lines of American Democracy
The MLK I Knew — and What Today’s Changemakers Should Learn from Him
Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire
The Tragic Toll of Mental Illness Behind Bars
Going Rogue: What Happens When States and the Federal Government Don’t Agree?
Trump Administration Report Card
Has Democracy Run Its Course?
Trust, Individualism, and American Identity
Hate on the Rise — And What We Can Do to Stop It
What We've Learned from Listening to America
How Can the Democrats Get Their Groove Back?
What’s It Like to Cover the Trump White House?