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World Bank Group President-Elect Jim Yong Kim: Tackling the World's Troubles

Lonna Saunders | Posted 05.17.2012

Lonna Saunders

As Dartmouth's outgoing president, World Bank Group President-Elect Jim Yong Kim stressed the importance of interdisciplinary research. The need for students to engage with the rest of the world. To push beyond their comfort zone.

Our Exclusive Black History Month Comedy Roundtable

The Huffington Post | Carol Hartsell | Posted 02.04.2012

Redd Foxx, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, Wanda Sykes, Dave Chappelle... say any of their names to a serious fan of comedy and you're likely to elicit a r...

Arin Greenwood

Occupy DC Hunger Strike Ends

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 01.04.2012

WASHINGTON -- Adrian Parsons started off his new year with some coconut water and broth. Parsons and three other Occupy DC demonstrators stopped ea...

Arin Greenwood

One Occupy DC Hunger Striker Continues His Protest

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.19.2011

WASHINGTON -- On Dec. 8, four hunger strikers vowed to stop eating until the District of Columbia is granted full voting rights and full budget and le...

Scars On 45's New Video and Download, Plus Chatting with Vanessa Carlton, Dan Bern and David Bromberg

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.25.2011

Mike Ragogna

Here's the latest video by the Chop Shop Records' act Scars On 45, the title track to their Give Me Something EP.

A Sad Anniversary: John Lennon's Assassination

Margie Goldsmith | Posted 05.25.2011

Margie Goldsmith

I was recently in Montreal at Fairmont the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, where John and Yoko bedded down.

Dick Gregory and the Rally for Sanity

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 05.25.2011

Joe The Nerd Ferraro

The Stewart/Colbert Concert was great! The people in the crowd were as awesome as the acts on stage. How much fun it was to do the wave for an actua...

HuffPost Review: Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Marshall Fine

It's disappointing that Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel isn't a better movie. Not that it's a bad one. But, were cable standards a little less skittish, it would fit right in on the Biography channel.

Chicago Health Freedom Expo: Your Right to Know, Your Right to Choose

Lisa Derrick | Posted 05.25.2011

Lisa Derrick

While the health care reform bill may change some aspects of our medical treatment, what has been made clear is that we need to take personal responsibility for our own health and well being.

Who Really Killed Michael Jackson?

Bryan Monroe | Posted 05.25.2011

Bryan Monroe

In the days after Jackson's death, I was contacted by many who were close to him throughout his life. "They killed him," they would say to me. But who were "they?" And what did they stand to gain from his death?

Taking a "Stand" on the Black Male Experience

Tavis Smiley | Posted 05.25.2011

Tavis Smiley

My new film STAND reflects on Black men who "stood" for something in the past and what it means as Black men continue to "stand" for something now.

Why Obama Was Smart to Come Out Strongly Against the AIG Bonuses

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

Mitchell Bard

The Republicans were going to grab onto the populist anti-bank feelings in the country to position themselves as the party of the people, with the Democrats being cast as the party of the bankers.

I'm Standing With Imus in the Morning

Stephen Kaus | Posted 05.25.2011

Stephen Kaus

Those who were quick to attack Imus before should be just as quick to defend him this time when he is right.