The beauty of America is that it's an unfinished work. Every generation has a duty to continue the work of its predecessors and make the world a better place. And as the Class of 2011 awaits graduation we can be confident their commencement speaker will challenge them to "go forth...

In the spirit of the NCAA college basketball tournament, ESPN aired a documentary on the bittersweet careers of University of Michigan's "Fab Five." During the documentary, former Michigan star, and current Huffington Post contributor, Jalen Rose expressed his feelings about his team's rivalry with Duke when he said, "For me...

For many Americans, the most appropriate remedy for reducing the impact of the recession is a college degree. And even though the unemployment rate for college-educated Americans reached its all time high of 5.1% in December 2010, it remains half of the national average. The U.S. Census suggests...

The news of Congress' decision to not extend benefits to unemployed Americans while demanding we pay for tax cuts for the wealthy did nothing to ease the discomfort of those who believe there is an attack on the middle class. If the economic crisis has taught us anything it's that...

The recent U.S. Census Bureau report revealing that the share of Americans living in poverty reached a 15 year high was not news to the millions of Americans living on "Main Street." The sobering reality of America's invisible poor manifests itself in the growing population of new church goers filing...

The heated debates over the effectiveness of President Obama's recent infrastructure proposal or Congress' extension of the Bush era tax cuts strike at the heart of why fueling America's middle class is so important to the economic recovery. In the day-to-day struggle to find ways to sustain the middle class...

The Great Recession of the 20th century may very well have a silver lining. Once upon a time the notion of troubling a neighbor for a cup of sugar or flour was an everyday occurrence in America. During and after the only other economic crisis to be given the designation...