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![How Kids Are Fighting Climate Change, One Lawsuit at a Time](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/256b34f8-18b1-4b39-9984-a46a12885efa/GettyImages-1147070895.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=993%2C0%2C2636%2C2638&w=290)
How is constitutional law being harnessed to address climate change? Ahead of Aspen Ideas: Climate, we caught up with Andrea Rodgers, Senior Attorney at Our Children's Trust, whose environmental law practice is fighting on behalf of young people and future generations.
![Health Fellow Spotlight: Nathan Chomilo, Minnesota Medicaid & MinnesotaCare](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/e5a7e5b9-1c88-496a-b424-7cda083b1eaf/Chomilo.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=5064%2C0%2C6752%2C6750&w=290)
Meet Nathan Chomilo, a 2023 Aspen Ideas: Health Fellow who’s incorporating community collaboration and racial equity into Minnesota’s Medicaid policy development.
![How the Courts Are Shaping Healthcare as We Know It](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/ae3aad14-1c12-48d0-a738-aac78b599f48/Untitleddesign.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1533%2C0%2C2702%2C2700&w=290)
With no end in sight to gridlock in Congress, federal courts will continue to have a significant impact on major health policy decisions. Katie Keith of Georgetown University Law Center helps us understand how litigation is shaping healthcare and public health in the United States– from access to preventative services to climate regulations.
![Joe Biden Understands Grief—That's a Valuable Skill Right Now](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullb648c6e7-c532-4674-956a-963f2191c149/27470520864_f147df2742_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1555%2C366%2C3714%2C3723&w=290)
Biden believes deeply that actions like the January 6th violence at the Capitol are not who we want to be as a country, says Evan Osnos, author of a Biden biography.
![Ideas for a Nation in Crisis](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null96f68be5-0201-4563-a058-8f88a0d54d06/USCapitalBldg.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C5301%2C5304&w=290)
As the nation reels from the attack on the Capitol, we look for ideas that will move us forward.
![In Newark, A Company Shows Up for Its City](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nulle4a6aa8e-9c5a-44fb-a30a-ad3a281ba34a/Newark.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=3623%2C0%2C1999%2C2000&w=290)
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s family has called the city home for over 100 years.
![We Can Do Better](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nulld31a2450-0f1f-4b27-a919-bbcdd5f72b71/BetterArguments.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1031%2C0%2C2654%2C2652&w=290)
Not by shying away from arguments but by embracing them. Arguments are our legacy and our shared history.
![Not Playing Around: Athletes Fight for Justice](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null4a03354b-9c7d-451e-959b-e14768fde1b5/ShowUpAIF_fullheader-04.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=766%2C0%2C1672%2C1671&w=290)
Two pro athletes talk about the perils of speaking up for justice in 2020, and what it would take to see progress and create measurable societal change.
![Resources to Combat Structural Racism in America](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null09f96c2a-db5e-44a4-bd78-3756c640e0fd/diversity.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=805%2C0%2C2576%2C2576&w=290)
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 Problem With Diversity in Computing](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nulla66ca7c6-a9d9-4565-b53e-83cdb2a4f467/AdobeStock_139592785.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=2413%2C0%2C4306%2C4304&w=290)
Computer systems don’t anticipate all the types of people who might use them. What are the innocuous, and more problematic, consequences of this?
![Embracing the Zig and the Zag](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null42eaf9b9-839a-4470-972f-d6f60bc53f3f/48121201393_f3a034b3f8_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=533%2C0%2C1067%2C1067&w=290)
Valerie Jarrett shares advice on stepping out of your comfort zone, her favorite memories from inside the White House, and how we can empower women and working families.
![From Menstrual Hygiene to Menstrual Health](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/17fc6c51-722c-4f91-a5a6-d4d1c8028f8f/AdobeStock_114823548.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1410%2C0%2C3862%2C3861&w=290)
![Is Democracy in Crisis?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/d40c5e23-569a-46d4-bae3-643d5944e0ae/AdobeStock_64908172.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1071%2C0%2C3744%2C3744&w=290)
Which countries are doing the most harm to democracy? And why is the United States struggling to maintain a healthy democratic system?
![Individual Actions Can't Solve Climate Change](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/0d5a4f56-5e01-48b0-b2d6-60ed80ed384a/AdobeStock_56377201.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1133%2C0%2C3456%2C3456&w=290)
Joshua Goldstein, co-author of "A Bright Future," explains why individual actions to help the planet don't add up to real change.
![How Safe Are We Online? There's Good News and Bad](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/816791f6-db4d-4e07-b73b-6eb87b4c54ce/35306161970_064c0a4f0a_c_0.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=250%2C0%2C533%2C534&w=290)
![How to Talk Politics in a Divided America](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/a4bbe4b5-e64b-4eee-aebc-ccbbf1e54f8d/35182948130_7506d18776_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=400%2C0%2C1067%2C1068&w=290)
![Color-Blindness Is a Cop-Out](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null99bb1434-4a74-4dec-83cd-6f01df5d2f57/35449340042_010c91dcd0_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=25%2C0%2C1074%2C1075&w=290)
![Moving On to Address Economic Inequality](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/2bd02771-9947-431f-a7d1-11d7ba48ebfa/ChicagoStreet_featured.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=23%2C0%2C737%2C738&w=290)
![A Strong Middle Class Doesn't Just Happen Naturally](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/f8eaaa4d-9d9a-4ddd-b2a8-21c9946f6e2f/27909568411_be9d5d1c85_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1645%2C0%2C3097%2C3096&w=290)
![Gingrich: 'There's No Evidence at All That Trump Is a Racist'](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/a1b694b3-3759-495b-ae08-8cbda5ce82bc/27456812964_ebecd38a92_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=567%2C0%2C2592%2C2592&w=290)