Nathan Robinson, 2/9/12

Yale law student

Fixing immigration and fixing labor are inseparable. Immigration reform could give increasing freedom to workers to organize without fear, but without vigorous protections on organizing, employers still hold all the cards.

Evan Wolfson, 2/9/12

President, Freedom to Marry; author, 'Why Marriage Matters'

Even as the Ninth Circuit ruling may possibly go up on appeal, likewise, a number of important lawsuits challenging DOMA are working their way through the courts. Any one of these cases, or one that has yet to be filed, could make its way to the Supreme Court.

David Wild, 2/9/12

TV Writer; Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone; Co-Author, 'Diary of a Player"'

Because the Beach Boys are not only reuniting and performing on the Grammy Awards -- they're also completely redefining the use of the word "Boys."

Jackie Warner, 2/9/12

Celebrity fitness pioneer

We are a culture obsessed with beauty and youth, yet many of us create an environment within our bodies that is counterproductive to achieving healthy beauty. To achieve beauty, you must first define what it means to you.

Bill Bush, 2/8/12

Publisher of Artweek.LA, a leading online magazine dedicated to the Los Angeles art scene

D. R. Tucker, 2/8/12

Freelance writer; operator, The Urban Right blog

It took me years to accept the wisdom of the four justices on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court who ruled that gay and lesbian Bay Staters had the right to marry, but now I realize they struck a noble blow for justice.

Bettina Korek, 2/9/12

Arts commentator and founder, ForYourArt

Under the Big Black Sun features more than 130 artists working in an array of mediums and addresses the period in American art when modernism reached its end and a multiplicity of movements began to take shape.

Tom Vander Ark, 2/9/12

Blogger, GettingSmart.com

Students spend 20 to 50 percent of their time online. The Bay Area's Rocketship Education is a high-performing elementary network where students spend two hours per day in a computer lab. KIPP Empower in Los Angeles has classroom centers that students rotate through.

Jed Kolko, 2/9/12

Chief Economist, Trulia

These are what we call a city's "best-kept secret" neighborhoods. They're not secrets to most local house hunters, but outsiders looking to move in typically overlook them.

Noel Alumit, 2/9/12

Author, 'Letters to Montgomery Clift' and 'Talking to the Moon'

Buoyant and colorful, these deceptively pleasant pieces provide a glimpse into Korean creativity. Curator Wonsil Kim provides some much needed answers about the event.

Marianne Mollmann, 2/8/12

Senior Policy Advisor, Amnesty International

The ordinance will not be very effective at influencing the overall depiction of sex in imagery and media. This outcome is all the more lamentable because encouraging condom use is so important. Let's look at the facts.

Patrick Wallace, 2/8/12

Co-founder and Executive Director, aNoteToMyKid.com

I consider myself lucky to be experiencing the ongoing turmoil caused by the Prop 8 battle in my early- to mid-30s, well after I accepted myself as a gay man. I can only imagine what emotional damage this battle has caused teenagers who may be struggling with their sexuality.

Alvin McEwen, 2/8/12

Blogmaster, Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

Prop 8 was built upon deliberate lies that Maggie Gallagher, Tony Perkins, Peter Sprigg, and the rest of those pushing it were too fearful to defend in court. None of these people had the guts to take an oath and attest to the veracity of the claims they made.

Katherine Franke, 2/8/12

Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor, Director of the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law, Columbia Law School

There's much to celebrate about the 9th Circuit's ruling confirming the lower court finding that Prop. 8 was unconstitutional. The ruling amounts to a pretty definitive slap down of the Boies and Olsen strategy in litigating the case.

David Groshoff, 2/7/12

Law professor and Business Law Center Director, Western State University College of Law

Despite the well-written and narrowly approached opinion by the majority in today's Prop 8 decision, Circuit Judge N. Randy Smith wrote a weak and ridiculous dissent that provides some preview of what may happen should this case reach the Supreme Court.

Natalie Pace, 2/8/12

Author, 'You vs. Wall Street'; CEO and Founder, Women's Investment Network, LLC

Some people gave up and left before the superstars took the stage, but those of us who braved the marathon are now meditation masters -- or at least intermediaries. OK, some of us are just zoned out.

Radley Balko, 2/8/12

Senior Writer and Investigative Reporter, The Huffington Post

How can we be facing an epidemic of overdose deaths wrought by too many prescriptions for painkillers and, at the same time, be facing a public health crisis of undertreated pain?