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34 Syrian Children Killed Since Ceasefire: UN

Dean Baker, 05/01/12

Co-director, CEPR; author, 'The End of Loser Liberalism: Making Markets Progressive'

The economy did not regain the jobs lost in the 2001 recession until 2005, and even then it was on the back of another unsustainable bubble, this one in the housing market. And we know how that one ended.

Ryan Gosling and John Prendergast, 05/01/12

After you learn a little about Fidel, there are other profiles of courageous Congolese living their lives and standing up for what they believe in. We hope you'll take the time to watch these profiles and get to know Congo and its people a little better.

Keli Goff, 05/01/12

Author, Commentator and Contributing Editor, TheLoop21.com

The woman who was once viewed as a liability on the campaign trail in 2008 is now viewed as a greater asset than her husband as he seeks re-election in 2012. Could she one day see herself following Hillary Clinton's footsteps down the path of first lady turned presidential candidate?

Anne Sinclair, 05/01/12

Directrice éditoriale

We don't need any more confusion and anxiety in our already fragile society. It is time for this campaign to be over, to end an ugly chapter in which the party still in charge is ready to say, do, or protest whatever they want to win an election.

Winslow T. Wheeler, 05/01/12

Director, Straus Military Reform Project, Center for Defense Information

The United States is making a gigantic investment in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, billed as the next generation of combat aircraft. It's no secret, however, that the program -- the most expensive in American history -- is a calamity.

Agapi Stassinopoulos, 05/01/12

Author of 'Unbinding the Heart'

At every moment we have the power invested in us to touch another human, heart-to-heart, and affect their lives by conveying the truth of all truths: We are One. We have the power to bridge the illusion and pain of separation.

Zac Bissonnette, 05/01/12

DailyFinance.com, College Expert, Author

All parents dream of a better life for their children and, ideally, a life so good that it doesn't involve bad choices and huge debt for their twentysomethings. So what's the secret?

Rev. Jesse Jackson, 05/01/12

Civil rights activist

College or advanced training is more important than ever, yet we are making it less and less affordable. College tuition is soaring because the state contribution to budgets is being slashed. We're privatizing public colleges piecemeal by putting more and more of the costs on the students.

Michael Brenner, 05/01/12

Senior Fellow, the Center for Transatlantic Relations; Professor of International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh

We are into the second decade of the "war on terror." It now ranges from the mountains of Afghanistan to the jungles of Colombia. It has dominated our lives since 9/11. Yet there is no measure of success to gauge progress or to say when it may end.

Nell Scovell, 05/01/12

TV writer/journalist

As the race for president heats up, so does the competition for high-impact celebrity endorsements. The stars of The Avengers -- Iron Man, Captain America, The Hulk --a re true American heroes and gaining their support would boost either candidate.

Birute Regine, 04/30/12

IronButterflies.com

What ticks me off is not the book itself but the media's spin on it and the questions it raises and doesn't raise. This spin isn't about sex, it's about power. The bondage narrative moves women back from little power to no power.

Michael Shaw, 04/30/12

Publisher of BagNewsNotes, topping LIFE.com's 2011 Best Photo Blogs

When the injury is deep, healing doesn't happen in a scene or a moment, but in oh-so-many moments over quite some time... like these.

Evan Shapiro, 05/01/12

President, Participant Television

Welcome to TV in America, where violence, no matter how malicious or senseless, is just fine but sex is decried, maligned and verboten in all but the most secure corners of the schedule. TV's ban on sexuality not only covers scenes of nudity or sexual acts, but our very language itself.

Paul Stoller, 05/01/12

Professor of Anthropology, West Chester University; Author, 'The Power of the Between'

Math and science students deserve our support. But does that mean that we should abandon the study of philosophy, the history of art, or the analysis of society and culture? Is public higher education a place for skill acquisition or is it space for teaching young people how to think?

Richard Zombeck, 05/01/12

Founder, Home Preservation Network

The divisiveness, infighting, and turf wars have made it easy for the ones who created this mess to run roughshod over the American people and the laws that were meant to protect them.

John Feffer, 05/01/12

Co-director, Foreign Policy In Focus

Institutions rarely vote themselves out of existence. Not if they still have money in their budgets. That's why I don't expect NATO to suddenly declare game over and disband -- even though the alliance's rationale has become wafer-thin.

Devon Corneal, 05/01/12

Lawyer, Mother

The first time I could really follow a game was last week, and as I was leaving the field, it struck me that what the kids are doing on the field isn't that different from what the adults are doing off of it. Parenting is sports without the pads.

Aly Windsor, 05/01/12

Mother, partner, and writer

Because of our sexuality we felt additional pressure to appear publicly unbreakable. We knew that people in our own families, as well as many more strangers, would be pleased to see us, a queer couple with a young baby, break up. It made me sick to give those people that satisfaction.

Tony Phillips, 05/01/12

Grant writer

I was watching fishing or the UFC, I can't remember which, and the missus calls from the other side of the room, "Listen to this... " and proceeded to fill me in on the details in an episode of misanthropy so grisly even Eastern Europeans seem to disapprove.

Thomas E. Mann and Norm Ornstein, 04/30/12

In never-ending efforts to defeat incumbent officeholders in hard times, the public is perpetuating the source of its discontent, electing a new group of people who are even less inclined to or capable of crafting compromise or solutions to pressing problems.

Dean Praetorius, 05/01/12

Senior editor of social media, The Huffington Post

Google would like to satisfy these needs, but they're playing catch-up and actually proving that scratch is a poor place at which to start. Path might work with the big guys, but they don't add a significant value. So why bother with new networks?

Janet Tavakoli, 05/01/12

President, Tavakoli Structured Finance

Even if all of the MF Global money is eventually clawed back and recovered, this remains an impermissible act. People have been denied access to their money, and businesses and reputations have been tarnished. So far, no one has been held accountable.

Ondine Cohane, 05/01/12

Contributing Editor, Conde Nast Traveler

This blog was prompted by an ill-fated wax experience in Buenos Aires.

Chris Weigant, 04/30/12

Political writer and blogger at ChrisWeigant.com

Kimmel is right about one thing. Pot smokers vote. He's also right that, sometimes, they just stay home and don't bother... but it's not because they're too stoned to remember what day it is. President Obama needs to realize this.