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Speakers Announced for 8th Annual Washington Ideas Forum, Presented by The Atlantic and the Aspen Institute
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan - CIA Director John Brennan - Secretaries Burwell, Foxx, Johnson, Perez, Vilsack - NIAID Director Anthony Fauci - National Museum of African American History and Culture Director Lonnie Bunch - GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt - Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Plus Harvard and Georgetown Presidents Drew Gilpin Faust & John J. DeGioia in conversation with The Atlantic’s Ta-Nehisi Coates
September 9, 2016
The Atlantic to Convene Day of Conversation with “Race + Justice” Summit, September 15 in Downtown Los Angeles
Featuring director Ezra Edelman, HBO Films president Len Amato; California state assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez ; event to premiere VR film about effect of mass incarceration on families
August 24, 2016
Current & Former Homeland Security Secretaries Jeh Johnson and Tom Ridge to Speak at The Atlantic’s “Fifteen Years Later: Are We Any Safer?”
Rep. Michael McCaul, Assistant Attorney General John Carlin, Former Senator Joe Lieberman, Former House Intelligence Chairman Mike Rodgers, ACLU National Security Project Director Hina Shamsi, The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg among speakers to join event on September 8^th in D.C.
August 24, 2016
Washington Ideas Week: The Atlantic and Aspen Institute Expand Annual Symposium to Encompass Week of Citywide Events, September 26-29
Tickets now available for events including two-day newsmakers Forum, debate watch party, film screenings
August 12, 2016
The Atlantic's September Issue: Fifteen Years After 9/11, Are We Any Safer?
A yearlong investigation by Steven Brill, online today
August 9, 2016
The Atlantic Deepens Religion Reporting with Two-Year Grant from Henry Luce Foundation
Adding two journalists, The Atlantic creates a hub for coverage and discussion of global religion
July 27, 2016
The Atlantic Unprecedented Second Printing of July/August 2016 Issue
With cover story “How American Politics Went Insane,” issue on track to be best-selling since 2008, in year of record newsstand sales
July 20, 2016
The Atlantic Announces Reporting Team and Events at Republican and Democratic National Conventions, Marking Largest Presence in its History
The Atlantic’s Convention HQ at Blue Point Grille in Cleveland and Field House in Philadelphia; publisher to partner with CBS News and Refinery29 in both cities
July 7, 2016
The Atlantic's July/August Issue: "How American Politics Went Insane," by Jonathan Rauch
Plus: Ariel Sabar solves the mystery of Jesus's wife; Michelle Cottle tracks the Chelsea Clinton conundrum; and David Freedman exposes the war on stupid people
June 21, 2016
The Atlantic's 'What's Next?' Tech Summit, October 4-5 in Chicago
Speakers include AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson; Facebook VP Margaret Gould Stewart; Boeing Chairman, President, and CEO Dennis Muilenburg; and ARPA-E Director Ellen Williams
June 14, 2016
The Atlantic Exclusive: White House Asks Colleges to Reconsider Using Criminal History as Part of Admissions Process
U.S. Education Secretary John King and White House Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett Interviewed in New Report, Online at TheAtlantic.com
June 10, 2016
Introducing The Renewal Project: A Social Newsroom at America’s Intersection of Innovation, Community and Social Good
Allstate and The Atlantic launch social-first website and newsroom
June 9, 2016
“The Problem Solvers: Cities on the Front Lines of HIV/AIDS,” An Atlantic Forum Presented by M•A•C AIDS Fund and UNAIDS
With Annie Lennox, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Kingston Mayor Angela Brown Burke, Seed Global Health Co-Founder and CEO Vanessa Kerry; Monday, June 6; 3:30-6:30PM ET at The New York Public Library
June 2, 2016
The Atlantic Announces Plans for 2016 Republican and Democratic National Conventions
The Atlantic’s Convention HQ to host slate of events in Cleveland and Philadelphia; plus expanded Politics & Policy reporting team
May 24, 2016
CityLab 2016: Annual Preeminent Gathering of Global Mayors and Urban Leaders to Convene in Miami, FL
October 23-25 in Miami, FL; presented by the Aspen Institute, The Atlantic, and Bloomberg Philanthropies
May 23, 2016
Winner and Finalists Announced for 2nd Annual The Atlantic and College Board Writing Prize
First-Prize essay explores Raphael's The School of Athens; finalists' essays analyze works by M.C. Escher and Frida Kahlo
May 17, 2016
Caitlyn Jenner, Buzz Bissinger, HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell, and Anna Deavere Smith to Close 2016 Aspen Ideas Festival Spotlight Health
Speakers will address pressing health and related social issues during Spotlight Health closing session on June 26 in Aspen, CO
May 17, 2016
The Atlantic’s June Issue: A Psychologist Studies “The Mind of Donald Trump”
Plus: How Kids Really Succeed; The False Promise of DNA Testing; Reading Proust on a Cellphone; and China’s Twilight Years
May 17, 2016
The Atlantic to Convene Multi-Day "Education Summit," May 17 & 18 in Washington, D.C.
Leading practitioners to address ESSA, common core, school to prison pipeline, speech on college campuses, college affordability
May 10, 2016
World Leaders in Politics, Business, Science, the Arts, and More to Speak during 2016 Aspen Ideas Festival
Press passes available; June 26-July 2 in Aspen, Colorado
May 6, 2016

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