For the latest in our "Women who are Changing the World and Rocking Their Fields Series," I choose to highlight the alumnae of the Seven Sisters Colleges. Women of Barnard, Bryn Mawr , Mount Holyoke, Radcliffe (now Harvard) Smith, Vassar and Wellesley converged...

For the fifth conversation in this series, I spoke to Carla Harris. Carla Harris is a managing director at Morgan Stanley. She has received numerous accolades and awards. She wrote the book, Expect to Win: Proven Strategies for Success from a Wall Street Vet. Within the book...

In conversation four with a woman rocking her field, reader, I bring you Edwidge Danticat. She's an author, mother and it's not a shock for those of us who have come across her work - "genius". Today, it was announced that she won a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship,...

For conversation three I bring you Marvelyn Brown, who is quite literally a "tour de force." She's a public speaker, author and champion of those living with HIV/AIDS. To find out if she will be speaking at an event near you check out her website, MarvelynBrown.com.

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Upon hearing that Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., was arrested, my first thought was that he must have been protesting some injustice. I do not mean to be flip. I thought he must have purposely gotten himself arrested to make a point. I then recalled that Gates is...

In conversation number two with 10 women who are changing the world and rocking their fields, I bring you Janet Hanson. There are more than a few words that can be used to describe the founder of the global women's network 85 Broads, I will choose entrepreneur extraordinaire, fearless...

I plan on bringing you, my dear reader, conversations with 10 women who are changing the world and rocking their fields. For this first conversation, I spoke to Dr. Patricia Reid-Merritt, who is a Professor of Social Work and Africana Studies at Richard Stockton College in Pomona, New Jersey. She...

Kenneth Lerer, the co-founder and chairman of The Huffington Post, spoke tonight about the changing tide of the news industry. In a talk entitled how "How We Got Here and How We Get Out of Here," Lerer spoke about why and how newspapers did not see signs that have...

Sam Stein's article detailing some of the "techniques" used on prisoners was telling on two points: how far we are willing to go in order to illicit information and how far we will reach into our rationale to justify our actions.

Stein quotes part of what is now...

Every 9 1/2 minutes, someone in the U.S is infected with HIV. That is the premise of a campaign titled, "9 1/2 Minutes," launched by the Act Against AIDS Campaign.

April is STD Awareness Month. As the month draws to an end, I have composed this message...

I love America. I am that person who sings the words of "The Star Spangled Banner" and means it. Throughout my higher education, I encountered many students who stated that they were ashamed to be American and in moments of passionate fury claimed they would revoke their citizenship. As far...

Jesus is on Twitter. Wall Street's, Trinity Church has taken to "tweeting" the Passion of the Christ this Easter season. Using 140 characters or less is definitely a new way to tell the story of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This innovative use of digital...

"We're kinda screwed." Ivy League Grad on state of the economy

"Yeah, in case you didn't realize it, yet, we're kinda screwed," commented a friend on her facebook page a couple of months ago in response to the article, "Under 30? Looking for a job? You're not alone," written...