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After Aspen Ideas: Climate 2024, we caught up with speaker Rich Powell, the CEO of ClearPath who advises policymakers on energy innovation and emissions reduction. We interviewed Powell about bipartisan climate conversations, how to remove roadblocks to building new clean energy projects, and the private sector's role in the energy transition.
Imani Perry is the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. Perry's latest book, South to America, was the 2022 National Book Award winner for nonfiction. We caught up with her about how she defines love of country, why the best writing is a conversation, and how books are invitations into each other’s imaginations. Perry spoke at the 20...
Catherine Coleman Flowers, the founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice, has dedicated her life to ensuring human dignity through a right most Americans take for granted: basic sanitation. We caught up with her about wastewater management (what she calls “America's dirty secret”), her experience on the White House Environmental Justice Advisory...
Monkeypox has now been declared a public health emergency in the US and a global emergency by the World Health Organization. What do we know about this virus and the current outbreak? During Aspen Ideas: Health 2022, Helen Branswell of STAT gave an explainer about monkeypox, highlighting five interesting things to know about the world's latest infectious disease concern.
Writer Thomas Chatterton Williams on the moment his understanding of race shifted and what we need to unlearn to be truly anti-racist.
Meet the 2022 cohort of Bezos Scholars, an inspiring collective of students and educators spanning nine U.S. states and six countries across Africa.
The pandemic has laid bare the dire consequences of the patchwork system of benefits for working Americans. This session will leave you with a deeper understanding of a pathway toward financial resiliency. Presented by Prudential.
Poet Claudia Rankine discusses the urgency of reimagining what it means to be American with Eric Liu.
Once trusted and admired, American institutions have lost their sizzle. How do we repair trust and rebuild?
Hope Solo's lawsuit against the US Soccer Federation for violating the Equal Pay Act is an active case and, if won, would set a new precedent for women in sports and beyond.
How does an auto company transition from making vehicles to producing medical equipment for frontline health care workers?
As thousands participate in civil protests in their communities, this critical moment calls on each and every one of us to reflect, step up, and do more.
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.