Crashing the Gates of the Status Quo

Robert Creamer, 11.19.2009

Political organizer, strategist and author

If we succeed in winning health insurance reform we will have breached the gates of the status quo. We will demonstrate that fundamental change is possible.

Fulfilling My Life's Mission Through the TOMS Shoes Movement

Blake Mycoskie, 12.07.2009

Founder of TOMS Shoes

No personal mission has resonated so deeply with me as the one I am currently pursuing with the TOMS movement. I would like to share it with you in hopes that you will hold me accountable for fulfilling it.

How To Increase Your Resilience Factor

Doc Childre, 11.16.2009

Internationally renowned stress expert

Building a reservoir of emotional resilience gives you the confidence to know you can make it through a potentially stressful situation.

Hope for Uganda's Women

Karl Hofmann, 11.17.2009

President and CEO of PSI

Rakai is known as the first place in Uganda where HIB was found. It is also, unfortunately, at the forefront of another battle in the war against poverty and disease.

To Give Is To Gain: Bobby Sager's Philosophy Of Philanthropy

Michael Macher, 11.14.2009

Bobby Sager is on a mission to change our understanding of what it means to give. Rather than teach an ethics of guilt, he shows how we might use philanthropy as a strategy for leading a fuller life.

Wynton Marsalis Awarded French Legion of Honor in NYC

Jim Luce, 11.13.2009

Thought Leaders and Global Citizens

Wynton Marsalis received France’s highest distinction last week in New York – the insignia of chevalier of the Legion of Honor, an honor t...

Tired of Waiting, Icelanders Gather to Create a Roadmap for the Future

Alda Sigmundsdottir, 11.11.2009

Writer, journalist and blogger based in Reykjavik.

1,500 Icelanders will gather in a sports arena in Reykjavík to brainstorm and plan a future vision for our country, and subsequently lay the foundation for the implementation of that vision.

Everyone Should Be Aware Of Their Inalienable Human Rights

Shulamith Koenig, 11.18.2009

Founding President, PDHRE, People's Movement for Human Rights Learning

Allow me humbly to ask you to walk with me into this discourse about human rights as a way of life, slowly and thoughtfully.

In Search of Men of Principle

Louise Mirrer, 11.09.2009

Louise Mirrer

Had Eugene and Stanley of Brighton Beach Memoirs been living in New York during the Civil War years, they might not have thought so highly of Abraham Lincoln's principles.

Why Values Trump Rules and Regulation

Dov Seidman, 11.09.2009

Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LRN

More regulation, and in particular a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, could be a very good thing, but we shouldn't rush to regulation without careful consideration of two key questions.

People Power Brought Down the Berlin Wall

Sarah van Gelder, 11.09.2009

Co-Founder and Executive Editor of YES! Magazine, www.yesmagazine.org

Some argue that the Cold War was just too costly for the Soviet empire to maintain. But the wall couldn't have come down without a nonviolent people power uprising.

Ensuring Opportunity for All Americans

Rachel Laser, 11.05.2009

Rachel Laser, Culture Program Director at Third Way

Although it may seem obvious that no person should be fired because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, in nearly 30 states across the country, a person can still be legally fired for being gay.

BE THE CHANGE: 7 Women Who Are Transforming The World From The Inside Out

Ed and Deb Shapiro, 11.03.2009

Authors of "Be the Change - How Meditation Can Transform You and the World." EdandDebShapiro.com

Change has to start within ourselves; we cannot expect the world to change if we do not.

Unplug and Recharge: 5 Steps to Overcoming Anxiety

Sara Avant Stover, 10.21.2009

Writer, yogini, and women's lifestyle expert.

Often those new to meditation feel intimidated by it. They think: how can I ever stop my thoughts? All this is doing is showing me just how crazy I really am!

HuffPost Review: Whip It

Marshall Fine, 11.29.2009

Author and film critic, www.hollywoodandfine.com

Calling Whip It competent is meant as faint praise -- and is barely true. The script might as well have been constructed from the screenwriting equivalent of Legos.

A 9/11 Remembrance: One Extraordinary Life Out of Many

Brian Levin, J.D., 11.10.2009

Director, Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, California State University

One way to begin to understand the magnitude of a numbing mass tragedy like 9/11, is not in numbers, but rather, in stories. Today's focus here is one story of many that demand to be told.

6 Keys To Overcome Self-Doubt

Anne Naylor, 10.21.2009

Anne Naylor has been a Consultant in personal motivation since 1982. Author of three personal dev ...

This is my 40th consecutive week of posting articles on HuffPost. The process has been a great gift and a blessing to me. Writing each post has give...

12 Ways To Build Your Inner Strength

Anne Naylor, 08.04.2009

Anne Naylor has been a Consultant in personal motivation since 1982. Author of three personal dev ...

At these times of unprecedented change and challenge, many are taking the opportunity to reevaluate their lives. Is the work you are doing truly serving you?

Against All Odds: What the World Will See in Sotomayor

Ahu Ozyurt, 06.27.2009

I toast the little immigrant ladies who push strollers on our streets, who silently come to clean our apartments, and without a word of English somehow we manage to understand each other.