Dispatches from the Aspen Ideas Festival/Spotlight Health
The acronym has ushered in a new era of informal communication.
The former president of the ACLU believes censorship—including on Facebook and other platforms—is ineffective.
Jose Antonio Vargas explains why his lack of papers shouldn’t disqualify him from being regarded as an American.
Oregon State Senator Sara Gelser reflects on the cost of workplace harassment.
Filming bystander footage can help protect human rights.
James Comey reveals why the president’s criticism of the country’s legal institutions is corrosive.
Tarana Burke, the movement’s founder, wants it to return to its original—and specific—purpose: to serve as a counter to sexual violence.
Whether or not Ye was forward-thinking, the musicians behind the Yeethoven project want to bring two very different genres together.
Political art that outlasts its times needs more than just a powerful message.
The genre’s sound, sentiments, and politics all aim for the same connection.
In an interview with Katie Couric, the ousted FBI director excoriated Trump for undoing America’s norms—but let himself off the hook for slipping out of the FBI’s.
On the fear that too much processing power will make us cease to be human
One way to ward off bad actors could be more information sharing between social-media platforms, researchers, and governments.
Two 21-year-olds believe they have a way to bring consumers of unreliable news closer to objectivity.
#MeToo is much more than women fighting among themselves.
The site’s head claims that the policy of not collecting personal information allows people to be “more true to themselves.”
An experimental composer proposes a new way to think about tradition versus progress.
Critics say the country’s higher-education institutions should focus on ensuring more Americans get four-year degrees, but college presidents highlight the benefits of global diversity on campus.
Women place a premium on knowing the details of their loved ones’ lives, which can make their relationships as fraught as they are gratifying.
The former secretary of state wants less attention paid to President Trump and more focus on the 2018 midterms. How to win them? He was less specific about that.
Philanthropy sounds nice, but it’s still a tax-sheltered way that plutocrats exercise power, says Stanford's Rob Reich.