Raising Malawi: Will You Join Me?

Madonna, 10.28.2009

Entertainer, singer, and humanitarian

I am making a straightforward request. I'm writing to urge you to join me in saving the lives of some of the world's most vulnerable children. And I'm asking you to do it right away.

There's No Such Thing As A Republican Filibuster: It's Time to Deliver

Andy Stern, 10.26.2009

President, SEIU

There is no such thing as a Republican filibuster. Right now, the only ones who can stand in the way of giving the American people meaningful health care reform are our elected Democratic Senators.

Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals Turned Me Vegan

Natalie Portman, 10.27.2009

Actress

Jonathan Safran Foer's book Eating Animals changed me from a twenty-year vegetarian to a vegan activist.

Barack Obama Is Doing My Job; Why America Needs Him to Do His

Arianna Huffington, 10.26.2009

When it comes to dealing with Wall Street, President Obama seems to have traded in his position as our economy's commander-in-chief for a different role: pundit-in-chief.

Trick or Treat or Terrify?

Jamie Lee Curtis, 10.30.2009

Actress

Halloween is a breeding ground for a seemingly unending gruesome gore fest. Being a mother I've had to make the hard choices of what scary images my young children digested.

Weatherization: Saving Money by Saving Energy

Steven Chu, 10.30.2009

Secretary of Energy

Long before I learned about the risks of climate change, I was fanatical about energy efficiency because I'm cheap. We want to help millions of families seize the same opportunity to cut their utility bills.

Backpfeifengesicht = Lieberman

Norman Lear, 10.28.2009

Creator of "All in the Family," and "The Jeffersons"

Google the meaning of backpfeifengesicht and see if it doesn't evoke Joe Lieberman! What is it about that face?

The Smartest Guy in the Room

Dan Collins, 10.27.2009

New York Editor-At-Large of The Huffington Post

Shock waves from Judge Jed Rakoff's scathing denunciation of a proposed settlement between the SEC and the Bank of America are still rippling through Wall Street and Washington.

Wall Street Has a Gambling Problem

Sen. Maria Cantwell, 10.30.2009

U.S. Senator from Washington State

Our nation's financial sector can act as a great force for job creation and production. We should not stand by and let their dimly lit casino bring us all down once again.

Obama's Dover Salute Is an Iconic Image of His Presidency

Tom Matzzie, 10.29.2009

Political and Media Strategist

Obama didn't have to go to Dover. Bush never went we're told. He could've stayed at the White House and kept some distance from the war. But instead he put himself firmly in front as commander in chief.

House Health Care Bill: A Death Sentence For My Fellow Breast Cancer Survivors

Jane Hamsher, 10.29.2009

Founder, FireDogLake.com

Pelosi made a choice about the lifesaving biologic drugs I took when I was in chemotherapy that will cost many fellow breast cancer survivors everything they own, and quite possibly their lives.

Time to Repeal DOMA

Sen. Arlen Specter, 10.27.2009

Enacted 13 years ago when the idea of same sex marriage was struggling for acceptance, the Defense of Marriage Act is a relic of a more tradition-bound time and culture.

Breaking Up the Big Banks, and Why Congress Won't Do It

Robert Reich, 10.26.2009

Former Secretary of Labor, Professor at Berkeley

Two ideas are floating around Washington regarding how to handle 'too big to fail' banks, but only one is supported by the Treasury and the White House. Unfortunately, it's the wrong one.

The Moral Ferocity of Eating Animals

Dr. Andrew Weil, 10.28.2009

Founder and director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine

If you eat meat from factories you have not absorbed the reality of factory farms. If you truly understood what happens inside these windowless animal jails and abattoirs, you simply would not eat this meat.

Telling the Whole Story on Global Warming

Sen. Barbara Boxer, 10.25.2009

Democratic U.S. Senator from California

Global warming is one of the greatest challenges of our generation. Addressing this challenge also represents enormous opportunities for economic recovery and long term prosperity.

Surviving the Media Circus, Without Becoming the Clown

Barry Levinson, 10.29.2009

Academy Award-winning director, screenwriter and producer

Communication -- the ability to connect and manipulate -- is perhaps the most interesting part of politics we can observe, and the most frightening.

Paging Dr. Benjamin

Dr. Nancy Snyderman, 10.30.2009

NBC News Chief Medical Editor and host of MSNBC's "Dr. Nancy"

Well it's about time. Nine months after the inauguration of President Obama, we finally have our Surgeon General. And it couldn't have come soon enough.

Why Billionaires Should Pay for the Jobless Recovery

Les Leopold, 10.24.2009

Author of "The Looting of America"

For the past 30 years we have minted billionaires, and we have created the most unequal distribution of wealth since 1928-29. This didn't happen by accident.