Sally Osberg, 07/24/12

CEO, Skoll Foundation

We think of innovations as new technologies, but in healthcare, innovations are often as simple as a pregnant woman with HIV talking with a similarly-affected peer who has successfully navigated the treatment process.

Michel Sidibé, 07/24/12

Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

For the first time in many years, a new message is on the lips of the people on the frontlines -- together, we will end AIDS.

Richard J. Rosendall, 07/24/12

Vice President for Political Affairs, Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA)

The LGBT community reflects the diversity of society as a whole: white gays have more wealth and privilege and less history of oppression to overcome than their black counterparts. This has been a sore point for a long time.

Lawrence Stallworth, II, 07/24/12

Advocates for Youth

My generation is the first to never know a world without HIV and AIDS. But we will be the generation that will help the world believe in and achieve a future where this epidemic is only a memory.

Brandon Wetherbee, 07/24/12

Assistant editor, HuffPost DC

Weezer's appearance in Arlington should be celebrated. In the time-honored tradition of Weezer not caring about who's footing the bill, let's all go and just enjoy! It's not like one performance from a band is going to have us stop buying Apple everything.

C. Virginia Fields, 07/23/12

President & CEO, National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS

After all, the HIV virus knows the value of bottom-up, systemic action. Whether it's affecting our bodies or our global public health agenda, each cellular community can be a part of the problem -- or a vital part of the solution.

Kinne Chapin, 07/24/12

Senior, Georgetown University

Women in American Popular Comedy: That's right, SNL fans. Colby offers a course where you are encouraged to watch clips of Tina Fey proclaiming that she can see Russia from her house.

Rev. Seamus P. Finn, OMI, 07/24/12

Member, Justice/Peace and Integrity of Creation Ministry

If you are on the House Financial Services Committee or the Senate Banking committee or one of the regulators for the numerous corporations that operate in the financial services sector, you have had very little down time this summer.

Elizabeth Warren, 07/23/12

Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts

A working market needs rules, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is starting to level the playing field. That's a good thing for consumers -- and it didn't come a moment too soon.

John R. Talbott, 07/24/12

Author, "Survival Investing: How to Prosper Amid Thieving Banks and Corrupt Governments"

Bloomberg Business News and the Washington Post are guessing that Romney may have paid near zero federal taxes in 2009 due to losses on his investments resulting from the financial crisis. They probably have the right idea, just the wrong year.

So Good, 07/24/12

So Good

When they say "Five Guys Breakfast," what they really mean is "Five Guys Plus Eggs," because they just added eggs to their menu and re-appropriated their existing hamburger toppings into breakfast sandwich ingredients.

Benjamin Loehrke, 07/24/12

Senior Policy Analyst, Ploughshares Fund

To have a capable military on an affordable budget, excessive or outdated programs must be cut. His solution is that nukes should be on the chopping block. It's strong advice.

Sec. Arne Duncan, 07/23/12

U.S. Secretary of Education

As Tennessee has shown, our children, our teachers, and our country will be better off when school leaders and educators finally undertake the challenging task of creating a meaningful and useful system for supporting and evaluating our nation's teachers.

Sheila C. Johnson, 07/23/12

Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Filmmaker

Over the last 30 years, our understanding of AIDS has improved dramatically, bringing us to a point of unprecedented possibility and hope. Now is the time to build on that momentum, and end the epidemic for good.