Van Jones, 9/30/11

President of RebuildtheDream.com and author of NY Times bestseller, "The Green-Collar Economy"

Wall Street has long been the home of the biggest threat to American Democracy. Now it has become home to what may be our best hope for rescuing it.

Lawrence Lessig and David Segal, 9/30/11

Most Americans can surely agree that Congress, as much as possible, should be unconstrained by incentives that compel it to behave differently than would a representative sample of Americans, coming together to try to do what's best for our country.

Robert Reich, 9/30/11

Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley; Author, 'Aftershock'

When charged with promoting "class warfare," Obama recently answered it was "just math." But it's more than math. It's a matter of morality. Republicans have posed the deepest moral question of any society: whether we're all in it together. Their answer is we're not.

Lauren Ashburn, 9/30/11

Journalist

Apparently condescending cockiness like Christie's is the new litmus test for leadership. Yet, his whole shtick leaves me cold. Just because a leader can curse is not a reason to vote for him. And I'm not the only woman who feels this way.

Dan Froomkin, 9/30/11

Senior Washington Correspondent, Huffington Post

When Bernie Sanders leaked confidential data last month that dramatically illustrated how speculators were dominating the oil futures market during the 2008 spike in oil prices, many news outlets jumped on the story in the worst possible way.

Brian Levin, J.D., 9/30/11

Director, Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, California State University

With the death of al Awalki, the plotting of attacks and the Internet recruitment effort directed toward Western youth by radicals has suffered a significant blow, but the threat by no means has been completely eliminated.

Margaret Paul, Ph.D., 9/30/11

Bestselling author and relationship expert

Do you tell yourself that you will get the things done you need to do, and then just end up procrastinating?

Timothy Karr, 9/30/11

Campaign Director, Free Press and SavetheInternet.com

As democracy movements worldwide struggle to speak out via the Internet, many here in the U.S. may have overlooked an effort in Congress to undermine this basic freedom.

Axel W. Caballero, 9/30/11

Founder, Director/Producer - Cuentame

This is the current state of our immigration system, one that puts profit over decency and greed over sensible policy.

Jessica Pearce Rotondi, 9/30/11

Associate Editor, Huffington Post Women

My mom's lasting gift to her daughters, family and friends was making cancer something you could talk about.

Michael Roth, 9/30/11

President, Wesleyan University

The free inquiry and experimentation of our education helps us to think for ourselves, take responsibility for our beliefs and actions, and be better acquainted with our own desires, our own hopes.

BritChick Paris, 9/30/11

British girl living the fabulous life in Paris society

A day in fashion week feels like a month of normal time. And day two of Paris Fashion Week was an explosion of colors, sounds and experiences.

Yuri Lowenthal, 9/30/11

Actor, writer, producer

Lately, I've been having somewhat of a geek identity crisis. "Why?" you may ask. The incentives are strong to be as big a geek as possible these days. And maybe that's it.

Colin Morrison, 9/29/11

Chairman and director of media companies

Even while it is still growing, there now are real reasons to believe that Facebook may just become the next web wonder to go down the drain. Believe it or not.

Jim Wallis, 9/29/11

Christian leader for social change

Here we go again. Presidential elections are coming and the role of "the evangelicals" is predictably becoming a hot political story. Ironically, voices on both the right and the left want to falsely describe most evangelicals as zealous members of the ultra-conservative political base.

Norman S. Heller and Dylan S. Mitchell, 9/30/11

Legal issues are often the least important concern when negotiating a prenup, however; with prenups, emotions rule the day.

Conrad Black, 9/29/11

Historian, publisher, author

The U.S. has never in its history endured a decline like that of the last 20 years. This time the office has to seek someone serious, and whoever that person is, has to come out of the closet soon.

Richard (RJ) Eskow, 9/30/11

Consultant, Writer, Senior Fellow with The Campaign for America's Future

If you believe that the progressive movement should be independent of Barack Obama and the Democrats, then the decision to work with them should be made strategically. There are times to oppose them, but there are also times to support, encourage, and persuade them.

Scarlett Johansson, 9/29/11

Actress

In the Turkana region of Northern Kenya, there is some sign of hope. But there is also more work to be done.

Deborah Dugan, 9/30/11

Chief Executive Officer of (RED)

Every generation is known for something. Will this be the one to deliver an AIDS Free Generation in 2015? It can be.

Jared Bernstein, 9/29/11

Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

The Federal Reserve is trying to do their part with more easing of interest rates, but absent more action on the fiscal side, like the measures in the president's jobs plan, I don't expect anyone much to take advantage of lower rates.

Tracy Clayton, 9/29/11

Writer, Humorist, PostBourgie Contributor

If you've been following for a whlie, you know that I went to a pretty racist school. What you don't know is that I actually attended one such bake sale and sure, minorities get discounted goods, but those goods are not created equally.

Karen Torjesen, 9/29/11

Margo L. Goldsmith Professor of Women’s Studies in Religion

Unnoticed by the Western press, Muslim women are leading their own revival of Islam, a mix of social activism and Islamic values, nurtured by their own study of the Qur'an, the Sharia and the fiqh.

Robert Wilhite, 9/30/11

Global director and senior vice president, KEMA

Today's electric and gas providers operate in a market that is controlled through regulatory authorities. Providers of the future will seek to operate under a market and customer-driven model, rather than our regulatory construct of today.