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Technology

Big Data Will Not Stop School Violence

Aspen Tech Policy Hub Fellow, Ora Tanner, discusses the Florida Schools Safety Portal (FSSP) and the various the limitations of using data-driven technology to solve school violence.

BY Ora D. Tanner

Blog Post

11.14.2019
Society

Violent White Nationalism in the US

Aspen Security Forum Scholar Erin Waters asks what we as American citizens can do to stop extremism.

BY Erin Waters

Blog Post

07.03.2019
Society

Baltimore's Ceasefire program strives to create peace amid the violence- at least for a weekend

On a recent Saturday, a group of adults g

BY Emily Esfahani Smith

Blog Post

02.25.2019
Civic Action

Memorializing Victims of Gun Violence

Architect and activist Michael Murphy discusses the best way to build something that honors the fallen.

BY Ben Berliner

Blog Post

11.08.2018
Around the Institute

Listen Longer 1/16: North Korea, Guns and Congress, and More

This past week Aspen Institute Radio featured highlights of some of the latest sessions around the Institute, including conversations about North Korea, guns and Congress, civic leadership, and rethinking the meaning of national service.

BY Aspen Institute Staff

Podcast

01.19.2016
Arts

Dear Spike Lee

I saw Chi-Raq last week. There were only four people in the theater, including myself. Afterward, we headed toward the exit in silence. No one dared to talk about it.

BY Karlyn Boens

Blog Post

12.23.2015
Identity and Equity

Is Violence a Function of Culture?

Landrieu and Coates are both eager to address this issue, but they each had very different ideas about the nature of the problem and how it could be resolved.

BY Eric Christensen

Blog Post

07.03.2015
Around the Institute

Former President Jimmy Carter Talks Racism, Foreign Policy, Gun Violence, and More

In a frank discussion of international affairs, racism, and gun violence at home, and the wide-ranging global work of the Carter Center, former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter offered an intimate glimpse into their personal, professional, and political lives, while doling out sharp criticism of the way some issues are being handled today.

BY Catherine Lutz, Guest Blogger

Blog Post

06.25.2015