Michael Moore, 07/15/12

Oscar and Emmy-winning director

I had this epiphany: what would a movie theater look like if it were designed, built and run by the people who actually make the movies?

Bonnie St. John, 07/12/12

Olympic Ski Medalist, Amputee, Rhodes Scholar, former White House Official, Corporate Leadership Expert, and Best-Selling Author

As the Olympic Games in London approach, I want to be sure everyone remembers to also pay attention to the second part of our international Olympic experience -- the Paralympic Summer Games.

Ian Scoones, 07/13/12

Co-director of the ESRC STEPS Centre and professorial fellow at the Institute of Development Studies

A new book argues that the livestock trade in the Horn of Africa, across Ethiopia, Somaliland, Somalia, Sudan and Kenya, much of it unrecorded, informal and often illegal, amounts to around $1 billion each year.

Molly Hahn, 07/13/12

Cartoonist, Children's Illustrator/Author

Rick Newman, 07/12/12

Chief Business Correspondent, U.S. News and author of 'Rebounders: How Winners Pivot From Setback to Success'

For once, we are treated to a sports star ascending the national stage and talking not about his own greatness, his Hollywood girlfriend or his pimped-out fleet of Bentleys, but about self-awareness, the wisdom of his mentors, and the Zen of the knuckleball.

David Andrade Pimienta, 07/12/12

Student, Tufts University

I am proud to be me, because there is and never was anything wrong with me in the first place.
I have five valuable pieces of advice for the bullied. These are messages to LGBTQ youth.

Erin Levin, 07/12/12

Member of the Creative Activist Community, Creative Visions Foundation

The journey of Lamon Luther began three years ago when he discovered a group of homeless people living in the woods of his metro Atlanta neighborhood.

Blake Danford, 07/10/12

Anti-bullying activist and member, Youth Empowered to Act (YETA)

As an openly gay student, I have faced adversity in many forms, from students and school administrators alike. Bullying from students is common, but when it comes from the administration, it becomes downright dangerous.

Bus 52, 07/10/12

5 Young People, 48 States, 1 Converted School Bus

Hero Pets 4 Hero Vets was inspired by the effect a small rescue dog named Piper had on Michael's foster father, Daniel Chapman, who is a disabled Vietnam veteran with Agent Orange poisoning.

Eleanor Goldberg, 07/09/12

The experience became less about one person guiding another, and more about a group of ridiculous risk takers just trying to feel the exhilaration that comes with feeling your heart thump as hard as it possibly can against your chest and pushing your body to the limit and then pushing it even further than that.

Robert Walker, 07/10/12

President, Population Institute

This year we actually have something to celebrate on World Population Day. Foundations, NGOs, and donor countries, led by the United Kingdom, will come together for an international summit on family planning.

Geeta Bandi-Phillips, 07/08/12

Policy and Advocacy Manager at Women and Children First (UK)

Over the years we have seen a lot of good, bad and ugly promises, campaigns and programmes. Some, such as increasing child vaccinations, have been very successful. But in the run up to the finish line for the Millennium Development Goals in 2015, we see that we are still way off key targets for women and children.

Tony Phillips, 07/09/12

Grant writer

Oscar Pistorius, the Blade Runner, is a world class athlete. No need to qualify that -- he's not a world class disabled athlete. He's world class, period.

Leslie Lagerstrom, 07/09/12

Proud mom of two children; advocate for families with transgender and gender-variant kids

When your child is transgender, do you err on the side of full disclosure, thereby risking rejection, or do you proceed without exposing your child's biology, because it really shouldn't matter, right? Such was the case when Sam went to camp for the first time as a boy.