--- description: 1. Is the rise of Isis in Iraq and Syria a short term policy defeat for the U.S. or the end of our ability to... title: Here Are the 5 Best Ideas of the Day image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Innovation](/tag/innovation/) ## Innovation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Five Best Ideas of the Day by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 9, 2014 5:17 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 9, 2014 5:17 PM CUT **1\.** [**Is the rise of Isis in Iraq and Syria a short term policy defeat for the U.S. or the end of our ability to influence world events?**](http://www.lrb.co.uk/v36/n14/owen-bennett-jones/how-should-we-think-about-the-caliphate "undefined") By Owen Bennett-Jones in the London Review of Books **2\.** [**To provide indigenous communities with a surprising injection of health and social life, build a pool.**](http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/08/pools-solve-problems-why-indigenous-communities-need-space-to-swim "undefined") By Phillipa Nicole Barr and Melanie Garrick at the Guardian **3\.** [**“Testing in” to a bachelor’s degree could make new leaders out of qualified but uncredentialed workers.**](http://hechingerreport.org/content/testing-way-degree-faster-taking-conventional-route-much-much-cheaper%5F16407/ "undefined") By Matt Krupnick in the Hechinger Report **4\.** [**Unbanked or credit-invisible African Americans are locked out of employment opportunities, home ownership and more.**](http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2014/07/too%5Fmany%5Fafrican%5Famericans%5Fare%5Fcredit%5Finvisible.html "undefined") By Edward Wyckoff Williams in The Root **5\.** [**A tech industry rush to recruit interns as young as high school age begs the question: Is there a labor shortage, or isn’t there?**](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-08/silicon-valley-s-talent-grab-spawns-high-school-interns.html "undefined") By Sarah Frier in Bloomberg News  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2967441/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-july-9/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2967441/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-july-9/"},"headline":"Five Best Ideas of the Day","datePublished":"2014-07-09T17:17:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:43:09.097Z","description":"1. Is the rise of Isis in Iraq and Syria a short term policy defeat for the U.S. or the end of our ability to...","url":"https://time.com/2967441/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-july-9/","keywords":["Innovation"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2967441/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-july-9/","name":"Five Best Ideas of the Day"}}]}] ```