OPPORTUNITY PUBLIC

TECH
Introducing HackerUnion.org: An Exclusive Community for Hackers
By Conor White-Sullivan, Contributor
New York City based entrepreneur
Innovation is like a gas, it becomes more powerful the more it is compressed. Our hope is that by making it easier for the builders in NYC to meet one another and exchange ideas, we can help this community grow even faster and accomplish even more for bringing our city, our country and our world into the future.
CULTURE & ARTS
STEM to STEAM: Art Is Key to Building a Strong Economy
By Jon Kamen and John Maeda, Contributors
As we all know, STEM education is so important -- but on its own, sadly it's not working. Despite all of the resources being invested in it, the word is exactly what's wrong with the concept. It doesn't inspire, energize or engage the youth whom it is ultimately intended to benefit. It's why we need STEAM.
IMPACT
Making a Difference to Reinvigorate the American Dream
By Michelle Vale, Contributor
Co- Founder of Soak Sandals and Michelle Vale
While there are a handful of large companies who produce their products in America, the bulk of them tend to be smaller businesses like mine. Our commitment to American production is big, but our small business budgets make it challenging for us to broadly market and advertise our American made products.
IMPACT
Debunking "The Disability Trap"
By Joe Entwisle, Contributor
Senior policy analyst, Health & Disability Advocates
I have a master's degree, a full-time job and yes, I'm one of more than 8.7 million Americans with a disability who rely on the long-term health care services provided through a government program called Supplemental Security Income.
NEW YORK
New Tech City Just Got Healthier
By Nicole Glor, Contributor
Fitness Expert: NikkiFitness, Freelancer, PR Consultant, Regan...
Move over Silicone Valley, the Bay Area and Seattle... New York City is the new HUB for Healthcare IT.
IMPACT
America's Leading Employers Step Up to Recruit Veterans with Disabilities
By Kevin O'Brien, Contributor
Managing Partner- Astound Virtual
employers are stepping up and in a big way to address the unemployment many of our younger veterans face. Just this week, Boeing, General Electric, Lockheed Martin, and Alcoa announced the Get Skills to Work program that will train at least 100,000 veterans for manufacturing jobs by 2015.
POLITICS
Planning the American Dream
By Richard V. Reeves, Contributor
Former Deputy Director of Strategy to the UK Government
The debates over social mobility will rage between and within the main political parties. But they should do so on firmer ground. The nuts and bolts of congressional and government machinery make poor copy for soaring campaign speeches. But the American Dream sorely needs some planning.
IMPACT
The Power of Having an Opportunity Plan
By Christopher Prado, Contributor
Opportunity Nation Leader and Scholar
Not all things always go according to plan. But it's essential to remember that despite the many bumps there are on the road to achieving your goal, there are always mentors and individuals willing to help you blaze a trail and follow your plan.
IMPACT
Connecting Youth and Business to Create Opportunity
By Bobbi Silten, Contributor
Former Executive Vice President, Global Talent & Sustainabilit...
Today, many young people are missing out on an important rite of passage: their first job.
IMPACT
What Does the Opportunity Index Tell Us?
By Kristen Lewis and Kristen Lewis, Contributors
Our Opportunity Index uses more than a dozen data points to rank every state and assign almost every county in America an opportunity grade ranging from "A" for excellent to "F" for failing.
BUSINESS
Crowdsourcing Social Impact
By Lynn Taliento, Contributor
Partner, McKinsey & Company, Social Sector
Competition: it's the life's blood of the American economy. So how about a contest to help solve one of the country's most intractable problems -- the jobs crisis that has left more than 20 million Americans out of work or underemployed?
BUSINESS
Which Presidential Candidate's Platform Will Have the Greatest Impact on the Job Market?
By Amit De, Contributor
CEO, CareerLeaf
While they disagree on the how, President Obama and former Senator Mitt Romney both agree on the what: America needs more jobs. But whose platform will impact the unemployment rate the most?
IMPACT
Will.i.am, Bruce Springsteen, Steve Jobs and Why We Can't Wait for Washington to Address the Jobs Crisis
By Arianna Huffington, Contributor
Founder, The Huffington Post; Founder and CEO, Thrive Global
Citizens' role in the needs to be more than just hoping for a good jobs number to be delivered from the Washington skies. As we enter the final lap of the election -- and the billion dollar deluge of less-than-edifying television ads that will come with it -- let's remember that we don't have to wait for Washington to act to take care of our own.
ENVIRONMENT
Want Jobs? Fix America's Water Crisis
By Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, Contributor
CEO, Green for All
There couldn't be a better time than right now to take care of our water problem. We have millions of Americans desperately looking for work. Interest rates are low, which means it will cost less to make these repairs today than it will if we wait for five, 10, or 20 years.
POLITICS
Relentless Positive Action to Reinvent Michigan
By Gov. Rick Snyder, Contributor
Governor of Michigan
There are a lot of great stories of success in Michigan, and each of them has the same theme: Michigan is open for business, and together we're reinventing our state with relentless positive action.
BUSINESS
A Digital 'New Deal'
By Jean-Manuel Izaret and Paul Zwillenberg, Contributors
The economic ecosystems that have built up around the Internet are large, dynamic, and growing fast. A concerted public-private effort can ensure that the most attractive businesses base themselves in America, creating more than our fair share of Internet-based economic activity -- and jobs.
IMPACT
Mayors Lead the Charge For Innovation
By James Anderson, Contributor
Leads the Bloomberg Philanthropies Government Innovation Programs
Mayors around the nation are working to meet increased demands with fewer and fewer resources, making the need for public-sector innovation more important than ever.
BUSINESS
How Transit-Oriented Development Can Help Get America To Work
By Nancy Andrews and Audrey Choi, Contributors
To help get America back to work, there is one critically important element that is often overlooked: the fact that today, simply getting from home to work and back again has become a growing challenge for many Americans.
IMPACT
Opportunities Hartford: Looking Forward With Optimism
By Pedro E. Segarra, Contributor
Mayor, City of Hartford
Mayors do not have the luxury of accepting the status quo, we are often forced (by duty and psychological make-up) to take positions that often run opposite of both conventional wisdom and what's generally politically popular. Opportunities Hartford is primed to do just that, and Hartford, which undoubtedly will be all the better for it.
IMPACT
Empowering And Educating Our Youth Through Summer Jobs
By Susan A. Buffett, Contributor
Chair, The Sherwood Foundation
Here in Omaha, we've partnered with two other local foundations, the university and city government to support a summer employment program for youth ages 15-18 with no prior work experience who live in the most impoverished neighborhoods.
GREEN
Loss Of Tax Credit Could Be Blow To Wind Industry
By Matt Sledge
BUSINESS
Robust Economic And Job Growth Requires Government To Do Much More
By Russell Goldsmith, Contributor
Chair, Los Angeles Coalition for the Economy and Jobs; CEO, Ci...
With millions of Americans still out of work, government at all levels can and should do much more to help the private sector create jobs and accelerate the country's economic recovery. Simply lowering taxes and easing the regulatory burden is not enough.
NEW YORK
WATCH: Bloomberg On HuffPost Live
By Christopher Mathias
SMALL BUSINESS
Can New York Become The U.S. Yogurt Capital?
SMALL BUSINESS
Surprising Turnaround For Unemployed Vet Who Got Rejected For 100 Jobs
By Janean Chun
IMPACT
What Makes A Community Economically Resilient?
By Bob Stephens, Contributor
Mayor of Springfield, Missouri
Springfield is a community that collaborates (it might be in the water). We work together as a team to ensure any prospective employer receives seamless, top-quality service.
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