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Today race is a more prominent and intransigent problem than ever.
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Author Jeff Chang says America has slid back toward segregation.
![Valerie Jarrett 2019 AIF](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null899fe462-8131-4c2b-8bb7-55f98f1c9339/48121256372_7083386fd0_o1.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=0a7c51&q=80&rect=1415%2C0%2C2515%2C2513&w=400)
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Valerie Jarrett, a former senior advisor to the president, looks back on the Obama White House.
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Across the United States, from rural areas to cities and suburbs, people have been hitting the streets to protest racism and police brutality.
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The civil rights movement has affected all Americans, whether they realize it or not. The opportunity for everyone to vote represents a major shift, but changes in education, housing and even sports reflect the strategic leadership of activists throughout American history. Civil rights experts and Stanford University professors Pamela Karlan and James Steyer discuss the hi...
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Since 2016, we’ve watched women rack up unprecedented wins.
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How well you handle difficulty may determine how happy and healthy you are later in life.
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Hear from women involved in modern feminism as well as politically-active millennials.
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Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter says serving in city council is the best job in politics.
![Courtney Martin](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullfdc5dd18-9851-4776-9428-7c121d36ca02/35485996616_2b938a2486_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=0a7c51&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C1109%2C1108&w=400)
![Courtney Martin](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullfdc5dd18-9851-4776-9428-7c121d36ca02/35485996616_2b938a2486_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C1109%2C1108&w=400)
How can our medical and social systems support or hinder dying?
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For centuries the human race has been grappling with how to live a moral life.
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John Hagel, author of "The Journey Beyond Fear," says there's increasing fear and uncertainty in the world and it's not just from the pandemic. Competition for jobs, mounting performance pressure, and a rapidly accelerating pace of change are escalating fears, especially in the workplace. But fear exists in other places — far-flung locales few people visit. Alison Levine i...
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New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu asks, what's the real cost of violence? And how do we change it?
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Can art tackle some of the most difficult social-justice questions we face today?
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Death is understandably difficult – and for some people, nearly impossible – to conceive of and talk about. Especially our own. It may seem like there’s nothing we can do to prepare for our last moments on earth, but several innovative panelists at the 2023 Aspen Ideas Festival would disagree. Alua Arthur is a “death doula,” who helps people find peace with themselves when...
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How do we develop resilience in the face of tremendous challenges?
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Conversation is facing a crisis in our culture. How do we navigate this "robotic moment?"
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In July of 2017, Alex Honnold became the first person to ever free-solo climb the face of Yosemite’s El Capitan.
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Hear Pete Dominick in conversation with Michele Norris and Alec Ross.
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For adults, the pressure to drink at social engagements, work events, restaurants or almost anywhere outside the home can feel constant. Recent research has found that “no amount or kind of alcohol is good for your health,” and a wide variety of health problems can be linked to drinking. The growing “sober curious” movement offers people a way to think about cutting down o...