Michelle Obama isn't the only one building new green gardens. Recently Jake Gyllenhaal joined me at Manual Arts High School located in South Los Ange...
As the Congress deliberates the largest stimulus package in history, there is no single better investment that we can make than to help maximize the potential learning and productivity of our children.
Unable to get in, I clung to the fact that whether she remembered it or not, my daughter will always be able to say she had witnessed history. It would have to be enough.
The sheer quantity of people teeming in the streets of D.C. was overwhelming, but the energy was jubilant and the excitement from young to old was truly palpable. Same at our party.
As one of many Muslims participating in the inaugural ceremonies this week, I felt what I can only describe as a healing embrace.
As Obama begins to translate campaign promises into actual leadership and the business of governing, he has an interesting challenge: he's no longer the underdog.
The social aspects of an Inauguration extend into the night and are generally confined to individuals with the money, power, and connections to warrant special invitations.
On Tuesday afternoon, ticketed passengers were held outside in freezing temperatures after some already spent countless hours battling the cold on the Mall or at the Capitol or along the parade route.
We've all heard the old adage that Washington, DC is Hollywood for ugly people. As a geeky law grad, I am comfortable saying that DC just got a whole lot sexier over the past few days.
We can't remember Washington ever being so cool. What follows are our most unforgettable moments from the inauguration festivities.
In this historic inauguration, seating is so much on the mind. Some people arrived at the gates just as the last of the guests at the pre-inaugural balls stumbled back in the opposite direction.
On location from the Newseum in Washington, DC, here is the liveblog of the HuffPost inaugural Ball, featuring a host of special guests.
Watch: Arianna, Nora Ephron, Erica Jong, Craig Newmark, Paul Reickhoff and Trey Ellis Discuss "The Year Ahead" at the 92nd Street Y Watch: Toasts from Chris Matthews, John Cusack, Michael J. Fox, and More at HuffPost's Pre-Inaugural Ball Watch: Will.i.am, Sting, and Sheryl Crow Perform at the HuffPost Ball Watch: Larry King Live on Location at the HuffPost Ball Watch: HuffPost's Original Video "Our Inauguration"
In an unprecedented blitz against social awkwardness, Meetup.com and The Huffington Post have decided to hand out half a million name tags to the crowd at inauguration.
It is one of those rare moments in history when we are being called upon to get involved to effect meaningful and sustainable social change, and not just change our outfit, but also outfit change.
Get involved, check. Go to Michigan, check. See an Oscar de la Renta dress in a magazine and buy it thinking if Obama is elected that I would try to go to the inaugural and wear the dress, check.
With the parallels between MLK day and inauguration I thought, "with all these folks coming into the city to kick it, why not put these people to work and show them parts of DC that are often overlooked or forgotten?"
As my adult daughters waved goodbye today, leaving for DC, I remembered my own mother waving as I left for Kennedy's Inauguration. How proud she was, her eyes misting over, just as mine did today.
Every day I checked the mail. No inaugural ball invitation. My anxiety rose. When were they going to send them out? Didn't they know that I needed time to shop for a gown, and really go on a diet?
This is the beginning, not the end, of the struggle, for, as Martin Luther King says, "We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now."
We have gathered a group of individuals who share the courage to pledge to our president, and the world at large, what it is that they are willing to do, give, or sacrifice, in an effort to help their fellow man.
