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Arianna Huffington is the president and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, a nationally syndicated columnist, and author of thirteen books.

In May 2005, she launched The Huffington Post, a news and blog site that quickly became one of the most widely-read, linked to, and frequently-cited media brands on the Internet.

In 2006, and again in 2011, she was named to the Time 100, Time Magazine's list of the world’s 100 most influential people.

Originally from Greece, she moved to England when she was 16 and graduated from Cambridge University with an M.A. in economics. At 21, she became president of the famed debating society, the Cambridge Union.

Her books are:

* "Third World America: How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American Dream" was published in 2010.

* "Right Is Wrong: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe" was published in 2008. Both a withering indictment and a hopeful call to arms, "Right Is Wrong" makes the case that America has been hijacked from within by the “lunatic fringe” of the Right that has taken over the Republican Party –- enabled by a compliant media that act as if there is no such thing as truth and are more interested in cozying up to those in power than in holding them accountable.

* "On Becoming Fearless....in Love, Work and Life" is Huffington's most personal book to date, offering a road map for achieving fearlessness in every aspect of life, a straight-to the point manifesto on how to be bold, how to say what needs to be said and do what needs to be done in order to find the freedom to love, lead and succeed.

* “Fanatics and Fools: The Game Plan for Winning Back America”, offers a scathing portrait of our contemporary political landscape with a bold, inspiring and practical approach to restoring America to the promise envisioned by our greatest leaders. It was published in 2004.

* “Pigs at the Trough: How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption are Undermining America,” a New York Times bestseller, was published in 2003.

* “How to Overthrow the Government,” on the corruption of our political system and the need for reform, was published in 2000.

* “Greetings from the Lincoln Bedroom,” a political satire, was published in 1998.

* “The Fourth Instinct,” on the longing for meaning in a secular world, was published in 1994.

* “Picasso: Creator and Destroyer,” a biography of Pablo Picasso was published in 1988. It was a major international bestseller, translated into 16 languages. The book was made into a film starring Anthony Hopkins as Picasso and produced by Merchant-Ivory for Warner Bros.

* “The Gods of Greece,” celebrates the power of myths as guides to forgotten dimensions of life and ourselves. Atlantic Monthly Press republished it with paintings by Françoise Gilot

* “The Woman behind the Legend,” published in 1981, a biography of Maria Callas quickly became an international bestseller.

* “After Reason,” on political leadership and the intersection of politics and culture was published in 1978.

* “The Female Woman,” on the changing roles of women, was published in 1974 by Random House and translated into 11 languages.

Huffington has made guest appearances on numerous television shows, including “Charlie Rose,” “Oprah,” “Nightline,” “Real Time with Bill Maher,” “Hardball,” “Good Morning America,” the “Today” show, "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," and “The O’Reilly Factor.”

She serves on several boards that promote community solutions to social problems, including A Place Called Home, which works with at-risk children in South Central Los Angeles. She also serves on the board of EL PAÍS and the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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Le Huffington Post Québec, une édition qui est tout sauf «provinciale»

Posted February 8, 2012 | 2/8/12

Il me fait grand plaisir d'annoncer le lancement de notre quatrième édition internationale. Le Huffington Post Québec, en tandem avec le HuffPost Canada, couvre désormais l'actualité de ce grand pays voisin et ami des États-Unis.

C'est la première fois que deux éditions du HuffPost paraissent à l'intérieur d'un...

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Planned Parenthood, Social Media, and a Win for Women's Health

42 Comments | Posted February 7, 2012 | 2/7/12

The recent reversal by the Susan G. Komen foundation of its decision to no longer fund grants to Planned Parenthood has, rightly, been hailed by many as a victory for the galvanizing power of the Internet. This comes not long after similar instances of Internet-fueled wins,...

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Sunday Roundup

317 Comments | Posted February 5, 2012 | 2/5/12

This week, America's poor, a group largely neglected by politicians, was front and center in the national conversation. On the one hand, we had President Obama speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast, invoking "the biblical call to care for... those at the margins of our society" and paraphrasing...

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HuffPost + AOL: The First Year in Numbers

94 Comments | Posted February 2, 2012 | 2/2/12

Nearly a year ago, after the news broke that AOL was buying The Huffington Post -- to be precise, it broke at midnight on February 5th, just after the Packers won the Super Bowl -- I wrote in my announcement post that, for HuffPost, the merger would be...

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Sunday Roundup

195 Comments | Posted January 29, 2012 | 1/29/12

This week, while in Davos for the World Economic Forum, I watched President Obama deliver what was a great State of the Union speech... for 2009. Proposing the establishment of a financial crimes unit in January 2012 is like waiting three years before sending...

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Bienvenue sur Le Huffington Post!

660 Comments | Posted January 23, 2012 | 1/23/12

Bonjour! Le Huffington Post, an international collaboration bringing together Le Monde, Les Nouvelles Éditions Indépendantes, and the Huffington Post Media Group's signature mix of news, blogging, community, and social engagement, arrives today. Our mission: taking the sort of discussions traditionally heard at water coolers and around dinner tables...

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Sunday Roundup

72 Comments | Posted January 22, 2012 | 1/22/12

This week, Rick Perry closed out his presidential run while Newt Gingrich's second ex-wife claimed he'd wanted an open marriage -- and President Obama brought down the house at the Apollo by revealing his heretofore hidden inner-Al Green. Meanwhile, Mitt Romney, unable to counter...

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Calling All Mothers, Calling All Babies: Introducing HuffPost Global Motherhood

84 Comments | Posted January 19, 2012 | 1/19/12

I'm delighted to announce the launch of Global Motherhood, a new section within HuffPost Impact dedicated to the health and well being of mothers and babies around the world, and sponsored by Johnson & Johnson.

In 2010, Johnson & Johnson launched its text4baby app...

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Country in Crisis: Looking to America's Mayors to Rise to the Challenge

193 Comments | Posted January 17, 2012 | 1/17/12

On Wednesday, I'll be speaking at the winter meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors in Washington (a winter meeting in Washington? Doesn't Miami have a mayor, too?). Given the state of politics these days, going to Washington to give a speech about anything having to do with national...

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Sunday Roundup

54 Comments | Posted January 15, 2012 | 1/15/12

This week was a tumultuous one around the world. U.S. officials condemned a "deplorable" video showing Marines urinating on the corpses of suspected Taliban fighters in Afghanistan -- and categorically denied any U.S. involvement in the car bomb killing of an Iranian nuclear scientist in Tehran....

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I Have Good News and... That's It: Introducing HuffPost Good News

281 Comments | Posted January 12, 2012 | 1/12/12

I'm delighted to announce the launch of HuffPost Good News, a new section that will shine a much-needed spotlight on what's inspiring, what's positive, what's working -- and what's missing from what most of the media chooses to cover.

Everywhere around the country, people and communities are doing...

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Campaign 2012: The Disconnect Widens

584 Comments | Posted January 10, 2012 | 1/10/12

Given that the country is facing huge problems and still digging out from the worst financial crisis since the Depression, some might expect that the seemingly endless debates and breathless saturation of media coverage of it all would converge into a real discussion of our major problems. But only if...

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Sunday Roundup

74 Comments | Posted January 8, 2012 | 1/8/12

This week, the results from Iowa demonstrated that, even in the age of social media-powered protests ("convenience fee" this, Verizon!), unlimited money and going negative still pack a potent political punch. These early contests are supposed to be about small-scale retail politics but, post-Citizens United, Romney...

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HuffPost's Latest e-Book: OCCUPY: Why It Started. Who's Behind It. What's Next.

1167 Comments | Posted January 6, 2012 | 1/6/12

Today I'm delighted to announce the publication of the Huffington Post Media Group's fourth e-book, OCCUPY: Why It Started. Who's Behind It. What's Next. Here is my introduction to the book.

In 2012 Americans will go to the polls and vote for who they want to represent them...

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E=HP2: Welcome to HuffPost Science

279 Comments | Posted January 5, 2012 | 1/5/12

I'm delighted to announce the launch of our newest section, HuffPost Science, a one-stop shop for the latest scientific news and opinion. From the farthest reaches of space to the tiniest cells inside our bodies, HuffPost Science will report on the world's greatest mysteries, most cutting-edge discoveries, and...

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Sunday Roundup

79 Comments | Posted January 1, 2012 | 1/1/12

Happy New Year, HuffPosters! This out-with-the-old, in-with-the-new weekend is my favorite time of the year -- and the perfect opportunity for cleaning out our internal hard drives of all the accumulated detritus from 2011, including Anthony Weiner's photographic skills, Charlie Sheen's "winning" streak, Rick Perry's "Oops" moment, Kim Kardashian's 72-day...

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2011: The Year the Power Went Off in Washington

423 Comments | Posted December 26, 2011 | 12/26/11

In just eight days, Republican caucus-goers in Iowa will cast the first actual votes of the 2012 presidential election. So, this week, we're not just transitioning from one year to the next, but from a non-election year into an election year. Usually, the year leading up to an election year...

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Sunday Roundup

246 Comments | Posted December 25, 2011 | 12/25/11

Merry Christmas, HuffPosters! We have a special gift for you tucked under our Featured Blog Posts tree: a line-up of holiday-inspired offerings. As for me, I'm spending this grace-filled day with my daughters, my sister, and my ex-husband (see our Divorce section for advice on co-parenting during the...

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HuffPost's Latest e-Book: Beyond the Battlefield: The War Goes on for the Severely Wounded

55 Comments | Posted December 19, 2011 | 12/19/11

I'm delighted to announce HuffPost's latest e-book, Beyond The Battlefield: The War Goes on for the Severely Wounded, by David Wood. As HuffPost's senior military correspondent, David spent nine months speaking with severely wounded veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In addition to soldiers and their...

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Sunday Roundup

231 Comments | Posted December 18, 2011 | 12/18/11

This week, the Pentagon marked the official end to the war in Iraq with a brief ceremony in a secure part of the Baghdad airport -- helicopters hovering protectively overhead. Although Defense Secretary Leon Panetta later declared that the cost paid by America was "worth it,"...

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