Aspen Ideas Festival

Molly Ball is a staff writer covering national politics at The Atlantic. She joined The Atlantic in September 2011 from Politico, where she covered the fight for the 2012 GOP nomination, the 2010 midterm elections, and the national political landscape. Prior to joining Politico in... Read More →

Ronald Brownstein is political director of the Atlantic Media Company and National Journal Group’s editorial director, in charge of long-term editorial strategy. He also writes a weekly column and regularly contributes other pieces for both National Journal and The Atlantic, and... Read More →

Charlie Cook is publisher of The Cook Political Report and political analyst for the National Journal Group, where he writes weekly for National Journal magazine and its CongressDailyAM. He also writes a regular column for the Washington Quarterly, published by the Center for Strategic... Read More →

Gwen Ifill is moderator and managing editor of PBS’s “Washington Week” and senior correspondent for the “PBS NewsHour.” She is also the best-selling author of The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama. Ifill reports on a wide range of issues from foreign affairs... Read More →