Aspen Ideas Festival: '2016 and the Politics of Inequality'
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Journalists, nonprofit leaders and political analysts from across the political aisle discussed the politics of inequality and the role that the issue could play in the 2016 presidential elections in a conversation at the Aspen Ideas Festival this year:
• Michael Gerson, a columnist for The Washington Post and a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush
• Jim Wallis, founder and president of Sojourners, a nonprofit faith-based social justice organization
• Angela Glover Blackwell, founder and CEO of PolicyLink, an organization that advocates for low-income families and communities
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• Grover Norquist, founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform
• Heather McGhee, president of Demos, a public policy organization focusing on political and economic equality
• David Frum, senior editor at The Atlantic
Ronald Brownstein moderated the discussion. He is a columnist, contributor and editorial director at The Atlantic.