Explore
Search results
![Christine Matthews 2018](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/57a4aaf6-7f9b-4c4a-a4ff-9334e6543e60/42326103584_db5130d998_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=ab287a&q=80&rect=1334%2C0%2C4480%2C4480&w=400)
![Christine Matthews 2018](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/57a4aaf6-7f9b-4c4a-a4ff-9334e6543e60/42326103584_db5130d998_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=1334%2C0%2C4480%2C4480&w=400)
Since 2016, we’ve watched women rack up unprecedented wins.
![Aif Stock Hero Images](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/0d230bb4-bd00-4d65-b3c6-0b5d0f6a66b2/AIFStockHeroImages.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=0a80bc&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C3377%2C3375&w=400)
![Aif Stock Hero Images](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/0d230bb4-bd00-4d65-b3c6-0b5d0f6a66b2/AIFStockHeroImages.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C3377%2C3375&w=400)
Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter says serving in city council is the best job in politics.
![Bill Bishop 2017](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/79c5f470-bd2a-4805-a6f0-66d7821eaad6/35262857430_8fc51cc878_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=0a7c51&q=80&rect=1065%2C0%2C4017%2C4016&w=400)
![Bill Bishop 2017](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/79c5f470-bd2a-4805-a6f0-66d7821eaad6/35262857430_8fc51cc878_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=1065%2C0%2C4017%2C4016&w=400)
Trust in civic, religious, and academic institutions is at an all-time low in America.
![48180900462 Ef5bbb0082 O](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null165b3594-cf25-48e9-944b-3c1ce1a92fe3/48180900462_ef5bbb0082_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=b78045&q=80&rect=2586%2C0%2C5504%2C5504&w=400)
![48180900462 Ef5bbb0082 O](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null165b3594-cf25-48e9-944b-3c1ce1a92fe3/48180900462_ef5bbb0082_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=2586%2C0%2C5504%2C5504&w=400)
It's already difficult to talk about politics in a polarized United States, but a few choice words are making it even harder.
![Adobestock 352973335](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null881d1115-d321-40ed-92b7-78749aa7d7cf/AdobeStock_352973335.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=4b7780&q=80&rect=1689%2C0%2C2162%2C2160&w=400)
![Adobestock 352973335](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null881d1115-d321-40ed-92b7-78749aa7d7cf/AdobeStock_352973335.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=1689%2C0%2C2162%2C2160&w=400)
One-hundred years ago this month, women suffragists celebrated the passage of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution. Since then, what strides have women made toward gender equality?
![42977780232 0aa2582b91 H](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/127d9102-2a2c-4e6e-83eb-458f88171fcb/42977780232_0aa2582b91_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=8a5f4e&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C1067%2C1067&w=400)
![42977780232 0aa2582b91 H](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/127d9102-2a2c-4e6e-83eb-458f88171fcb/42977780232_0aa2582b91_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C1067%2C1067&w=400)
Ahead of the midterms, what are we hearing about the candidates, the campaigns, and the issues?
![adobe stock thanksgiving](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/8cc1ed09-8625-4a75-9ae8-1c003c034f04/AdobeStock_182604795.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=4b7780&q=80&rect=1680%2C0%2C3840%2C3840&w=400)
![adobe stock thanksgiving](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/8cc1ed09-8625-4a75-9ae8-1c003c034f04/AdobeStock_182604795.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=1680%2C0%2C3840%2C3840&w=400)
Current political fault lines are fracturing American society as people grow farther apart from one another due to differing beliefs and opinions. We often see people we disagree with as caricatures, and think we can never reconcile our differences. Yet despite that sense of contradiction we are much closer to each other than we think. To bridge the divide, we have to stre...
![Newt Gingrich AIF 2016](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null73bcb4d4-8cc0-46d4-912d-65b11c1c41d9/14559582452_a1837f0c84_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=b78045&q=80&rect=405%2C2%2C1023%2C1023&w=400)
![Newt Gingrich AIF 2016](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null73bcb4d4-8cc0-46d4-912d-65b11c1c41d9/14559582452_a1837f0c84_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=405%2C2%2C1023%2C1023&w=400)
Are we seeing a new era in American politics? Two former Republican presidential candidates weigh in
![19246306623 C769356c37 H](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/dcc73354-3cad-4689-b5ba-2d965c6525c5/19246306623_c769356c37_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=0a80bc&q=80&rect=534%2C0%2C1066%2C1066&w=400)
![19246306623 C769356c37 H](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/dcc73354-3cad-4689-b5ba-2d965c6525c5/19246306623_c769356c37_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=534%2C0%2C1066%2C1066&w=400)
What might we learn from the past about the current state of politics and democracy in America?
![Aif Stock Hero Images](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/c827f515-dafb-4d82-a05d-21318a5e52cc/AIFStockHeroImages.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=ac473e&q=80&rect=1335%2C0%2C3377%2C3375&w=400)
![Aif Stock Hero Images](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/c827f515-dafb-4d82-a05d-21318a5e52cc/AIFStockHeroImages.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=1335%2C0%2C3377%2C3375&w=400)
Today’s young people have not seen a lot of good examples of adults working together to solve problems. Generation Z is coming of age amidst daunting issues like climate change, gun violence, and a teen mental health crisis, and trusted adults seem few and far between to many of them. The rift goes both ways — Baby Boomers and Generation X also report distrust and dislike...
![Alec Ross 2016](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/419e02d7-b541-4699-8cca-92354fca690a/27885981011_2a77c6a8db_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=7d247d&q=80&rect=1022%2C0%2C3280%2C3280&w=400)
![Alec Ross 2016](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/419e02d7-b541-4699-8cca-92354fca690a/27885981011_2a77c6a8db_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=1022%2C0%2C3280%2C3280&w=400)
Hear Pete Dominick in conversation with Michele Norris and Alec Ross.
![Helen Fisher](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nulle5644aa7-398f-4f79-b3fb-78787318f4da/48482373482_a00f066eb9_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=8a5f4e&q=80&rect=45%2C0%2C1067%2C1067&w=400)
![Helen Fisher](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nulle5644aa7-398f-4f79-b3fb-78787318f4da/48482373482_a00f066eb9_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=45%2C0%2C1067%2C1067&w=400)
Emily Yoffe as takeover host in conversation with Bryan Stevenson, Helen Fisher, and Geoffrey Stone
![42308761634 954f8c8266 H](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/c546f493-61d7-4dd3-8e74-7b1e0143ffc1/42308761634_954f8c8266_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=7d247d&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C1067%2C1067&w=400)
![42308761634 954f8c8266 H](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/c546f493-61d7-4dd3-8e74-7b1e0143ffc1/42308761634_954f8c8266_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C1067%2C1067&w=400)
Is the Republican Party in the United States having an identity crisis?
![Jeff Chang](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null03169278-4196-48f7-a490-ae68b1348d38/jeffchang.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=8a5f4e&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C720%2C720&w=400)
![Jeff Chang](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null03169278-4196-48f7-a490-ae68b1348d38/jeffchang.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C720%2C720&w=400)
Author Jeff Chang says America has slid back toward segregation.
![An Angry America AIF 2016](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null6b11e646-a1ac-41b9-a991-fb05dd1d1ac0/27728322510_e50542bb47_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=0a80bc&q=80&rect=44%2C0%2C1049%2C1048&w=400)
![An Angry America AIF 2016](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null6b11e646-a1ac-41b9-a991-fb05dd1d1ac0/27728322510_e50542bb47_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=44%2C0%2C1049%2C1048&w=400)
It’s difficult to ignore anger in the United States right now. How can it be managed?
![Aif Stock Hero Images 1](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/f6742dd2-351a-44cb-88a2-a308ef096b4b/AIFStockHeroImages1.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=7d247d&q=80&rect=603%2C0%2C3242%2C3240&w=400)
![Aif Stock Hero Images 1](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/f6742dd2-351a-44cb-88a2-a308ef096b4b/AIFStockHeroImages1.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=603%2C0%2C3242%2C3240&w=400)
Hate has unfortunately been a part of the United States since the founding of the country, enshrined at various times in policies and regulations, and showing up in the practices and everyday behavior of individuals. We have made progress in addressing some of those harms and removing some of the structural barriers people face, but we still have a ways to go as a society....
![AIF 2015 Unfinished Business](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null9235705f-1a89-42b5-86e4-40f065c1eb9a/19151130929_ac904b853e_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=0a7c51&q=80&rect=0%2C127%2C830%2C827&w=400)
![AIF 2015 Unfinished Business](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null9235705f-1a89-42b5-86e4-40f065c1eb9a/19151130929_ac904b853e_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=0%2C127%2C830%2C827&w=400)
Anne-Marie Slaughter provides a sneak peek of her new book, 'Unfinished Business: Women Men Work Family'.
![jelani cobb AIF](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null43e15b98-528c-484b-aee0-4618921deb22/28204735707_4b2f7ceab8_o2.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=8a5f4e&q=80&rect=1354%2C219%2C4261%2C4261&w=400)
![jelani cobb AIF](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null43e15b98-528c-484b-aee0-4618921deb22/28204735707_4b2f7ceab8_o2.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=1354%2C219%2C4261%2C4261&w=400)
Today race is a more prominent and intransigent problem than ever.
![Adam Hamilton 2018 AIF](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null51ebea4a-df69-49ad-8433-38b56a19754f/43059320822_e183b73cdc_o3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=b78045&q=80&rect=453%2C0%2C2143%2C2144&w=400)
![Adam Hamilton 2018 AIF](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null51ebea4a-df69-49ad-8433-38b56a19754f/43059320822_e183b73cdc_o3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=453%2C0%2C2143%2C2144&w=400)
What are the best tools for dealing with fear, particularly in an uncertain period?
![43001212622 107d5fa2d1 H](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/d38799b2-01fe-4031-85f8-67c2dd4dd86d/43001212622_107d5fa2d1_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=ab287a&q=80&rect=320%2C0%2C1068%2C1069&w=400)
![43001212622 107d5fa2d1 H](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/d38799b2-01fe-4031-85f8-67c2dd4dd86d/43001212622_107d5fa2d1_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=320%2C0%2C1068%2C1069&w=400)
Political scientist Rob Reich challenges us to consider the role of philanthropy in democracy.