Dr. Joe Wenke

Author, 'You Got to Be Kidding! The Cultural Arsonist’s Satirical Reading of the Bible'

We must face the fact that in the year 2013, despite or maybe in part because of the progress that we have seen in marriage equality and LGBTQ rights, it is dangerous for a gay or transgender person to walk down the street in any city or town in the United States of America.

Diane Ravitch

Historian, NYU professor

Closing schools does not make them better. Nor does closing schools help students. It's way past time to stop blaming the people who work in troubled schools and start helping them by providing the tools they need and the support their students need.

Leo W. Gerard

International President, United Steelworkers

Connected by the vital need to improve the lot of America's middle class, workers in solidarity shall overcome threats to their right to collectively bargain for better wages, safer working conditions and decent benefits.

Meredith Fineman

CEO, FinePoint Digital PR; Writer, MeredithFineman.com.

By lobbing these brags, endlessly puffing our shoulders about how "up to my neck" we are, we're missing out on important connections with family and friends, as well as personal time.

Jan Schakowsky

Member of Congress, 9th District of Illinois

The real Welfare Kings are the Fast Food Giants and all those poverty wage employers who refuse to pay a livable wage. They depend on the taxpayer-funded government programs to subsidize their employees. It's the Wal-Marts and McDonald's that need those welfare programs. They are the Takers, not the Makers.

Nancy Brown

CEO, American Heart Association

As we head into the Labor Day weekend, many Americans are looking forward to some well-deserved time off and relaxation. From a health standpoint, nothing could be better, especially if you're one of those people who make a habit of burning the candle at both ends.

Ann Brenoff

Senior Writer, The Huffington Post

There is no second chance when it comes to meeting the school bus. They leave your kid whether someone is there to get them or not. Kicked to the curb, if you will, although in my case, it's kicked to the side of the highway, where they hover in a parking lot filled with disrobing surfers.

Jason Salzman

Former media critic at the Rocky Mountain News; Blogger, www.bigmedia.org.

If you visit the website of backers of Colorado Referendum 5, which would change the definition of "person" and "child" under Colorado law to include "unborn human beings," you won't find the word "personhood" mentioned at all.

Caitlyn Becker

Producer, HuffPost Live

The end of summer is here (don't cry -- there is another one coming next year, I promise.) While everyone is crawling through bumper-to-bumper traffic to squeeze in their last summer getaway, I will be staycationing at home this Labor Day.

Adam Levin

Former Director New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs; founder of Credit.com and Identity Theft 911

While it's unsettling to have your car invaded or stolen while you're on a Labor Day trip with your family, it's not life threatening. What scares me is when a car hacker evolves from messing with your doors to invading your car's computer system.

Janus Adams

Emmy Award-winning journalist, historian and producer

For hours, speakers and singers, drum majors all, kept a steady beat until the time finally came for Dr. King to ascend the podium. His familiar baritone tuned like none other, he soothed us, rallied us, commended us on to heights untold. When he raised his hand over the crowd, invoking his Dream, I felt myself soar.

Jeffrey Levi

Associate professor of health policy, George Washington University; Executive Director, Trust for America's Health

Safe and maintained places to be active and exercise are essential to solving the nation's childhood obesity crisis -- if kids can't go out into their neighborhoods and play, we'll never be able to increase physical activity.

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Knowing more about a potential roommate, whether it is their character or their financial situation, can save you from frustration before cohabitation begins.

David Centeno

New York divorce and family law attorney

Where you divorce matters. Each state has its own unique rules governing the allocation of assets during the divorce process, and these rules can vary significantly.

Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald

Wellness Editor, The Huffington Post; Doctor of acupuncture and Oriental medicine; Nutritionist; Author

We've decided to partner with the American Heart Association (AHA) to help close the knowledge gap. We are true soul mates in this marriage: Both HuffPost and the AHA are passionately committed to promoting ways to improve health and decrease stress.

Dr. Jim Taylor

Adjunct faculty, University of San Francisco

It's never too early to start expressing love in the most healthy ways possible. When you send your children messages of healthy love from a very early age, you provide them with a template of what love should be.

Todd Hartley

Columnist, screenwriter, playwright, lyricist, novelist, blogger and stand-up comedian

The burger arrived, and it was, indeed, mammoth. It was a pound of beef topped by a pound of cheese, green chilies, pork belly, lettuce, tomato and tortilla strips (it's supposed to have onion rings also, but that would be disgusting).