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A Policy Foundation to Revive Worker Voice Worker voice is resurgent in the American economy, but workers have a lot to overcome. For at least four decades, public policy has steadily undermined the ability of workers to weigh in on issues affecting them in the workplace. In the current moment of reckoning about how we value the essential work in our economy, the stark racial economic gaps across the country and deep political divisions, worker voice is a critical tool for sharing prosperity, i...

An Epidemic Within a Pandemic The response to the U.S. opioid crisis has been fractured, making it hard for experts to collaborate and share best practices. This approach has led to an abundance of policies and solutions, many of which target small portions of the crisis rather than taking a holistic view. To bring together experts from across industries, organizations, and specialties, the Aspen Institute and National Academy of Medicine launched the Action Collaborative on Countering the U.S....

Please join the public launch of  INFODEMIC: Global Conversations on Science and Misinformation, a documentary series for broadcast on Link TV and PBS and streaming on Link TV and YouTube produced by the Aspen Institute Science & Society Program and Robyn Lane Productions. This six-part documentary series showcases top science experts from around the world—Japan, China, Philippines, India, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Germany, Italy, France, Brazil, and the United States—diving deeply into the ...

HomeFront: Oscar picks, Ed Helms x 2, ‘Romeo & Juliet’ By Marie Morris Globe Correspondent,Updated April 23, 2021, 10:00 a.m. Email to a Friend Director Chloe Zhao with actress Frances McDormand on the set of "Nomadland." The film is the one to beat at this years Oscars.Searchlight Pictures via AP Welcome once again to HomeFront, where those of us in the limbo between vaccine shots have our noses pressed up against the window like a restless dog in the back of a minivan. We still need...

Looking Back to Accelerate Forward: Toward a Policy Paradigm that Advances Equity and Improvement Event information Contact For decades, the standards-based education (SBE) framework, developed in the 1990s and early 2000s, has broadly guided and shaped the purposes of schooling, and the measures of school and student success. The Aspen Education & Society Program and The Carnegie Foundation have partnered to release Looking Back to Accelerate Forward: Toward a Policy Paradigm that Advances Equ...

“Busting the Myths” – May 16 From debunking conspiracy theories and supernatural claims to revealing disaster cover-ups and bad science communication, scientific experts from Italy, Germany, the Philippines and Japan separate truth from fiction as they examine how to rebuild a post-COVID world where science is central and critical thinking is crucial. Includes: Italian journalist/TV personality Massimo Polidoro ). INFODEMIC’s Director and Executive Producer, Robyn Rosenfeld, was sche...

People dine outside of Bear Den in Aspen on a warm spring afternoon on Friday, April 9, 2021. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times) The Aspen Institute and some restaurant-industry heavyweights have rolled out a set of universal guidelines for both dining establishments and the people who frequent them in the COVID-19 era. the industry standards were put together by the Institute’s Food and Safety Program in collaboration with José Andrés’ World Central Kitchen, the James Beard Foundation, th...

As Diners Return, Restaurants Face a New Hurdle: Finding Workers Brett Anderson © Alfonso Duran for The New York Times All Day, a Miami coffee shop and restaurant, has struggled to find workers, including baristas. The business closed for all of February because of staffing shortages. MIAMI — All Day, a downtown coffee shop and restaurant, started the year on a high note. January was its busiest month since the start of the pandemic. “It was like turning on a light switch...

At last summer’s Aspen Ideas Festival, held virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci said he was “cautiously optimistic” that a vaccine would be available by late 2020 or 2021. The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases was correct, with health care workers some of the first to get vaccinated in December before doses became more widely available this year. Fauci, who also during a March 3, 2020, Aspen Institute podcast warned that a g...

March 15, 2021 During the 2021 Shasha Seminar for Human Concerns, held March 11–13, participants explored the topic of “Truth (and Lies) in Our Time.” The Shasha Seminar is an annual educational forum for Wesleyan alumni, parents, and friends that provides an opportunity to explore issues of global concern in a small seminar environment. Endowed by James Shasha ’50, P’82, the Shasha Seminar supports lifelong learning and encourages participants to expand their knowledge and perspectiv...