CORPORATE CLASSROOM

Adam McKay, 06/20/12

Film director; Co-Founder, Funny or Die

There's an information blockade in America and it must be broken. In order to find crucial facts, numbers and outside perspectives a person must spend an hour searching and cross-searching on the computer.

Alicia Keys, 06/20/12

Singer, songwriter, AIDS activist, philanthropist

I've always believed women have an incredible power to be catalysts of change for other women of the world. It is our job to fight for the issues that matter most to us, and realize how much of an impact we can have when forces unite.

Muhammad Yunus and Michel Camdessus, 06/22/12

Africa is forecast to be the continent worst hit by climate change. Increasing harvests and food production in these challenging circumstances requires a major commitment, by governments within and outside the continent, to fund a climate-resilient Green Revolution in Africa.

Arianna Huffington, 06/22/12

Each year, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity gathers thousands of innovative thinkers and practitioners in advertising and media from around the world to talk about what's new and what's next in our brave new digital world. And, more and more, people and innovative companies are recognizing that we actually have a life beyond our gadgets.

Gary Hart, 06/23/12

President, Hart International, Ltd.

Who would have thought, forty years after the greatest political scandal and presidential abuse of power in U.S. history, that the Supreme Court of the United States would rule that the practices that fueled and financed that scandal were now legal?

Chris Kelly, 06/22/12

Writer, 'Real Time with Bill Maher'

I can't shake the feeling that Karen Klein should take $15,506 and give it back to the people of Greece, New York, who paid her to monitor children on a school bus. Someone should have been monitoring the kids on that bus. And clearly it wasn't Karen Klein.

Diana Nyad, 06/23/12

Long Distance Swimmer, Journalist, Broadcaster

Jerry Sandusky will spend the rest of his days behind bars. It has ended as it should. However, we act as if this is a unique situation. Yes, he's that big a criminal and justice has been served. But when will we tackle the pervasive epidemic of childhood sexual abuse?

Sec. Arne Duncan, 06/18/12

U.S. Secretary of Education

A few days ago, I went to my 10-year-old daughter's band concert. It was a great evening, and after the show a few parents told me they were surprised I'd made it, considering my schedule -- which got me thinking.

Marlo Thomas, 06/22/12

Award-winning actress, author, and activist

One year ago today, one my favorite couples decided to tie the knot. And you know why? Because, at last, they could.

Michelangelo Signorile, 06/22/12

Editor-at-large, HuffPost Gay Voices; SiriusXM radio host

Madonna is doing what she's always done, pushing buttons about how women are supposed to behave. Now it's simply about how 50-something-year-old women are to behave. And yes, she has great breasts, on a par with those of many 30-year-olds, so why shouldn't she flaunt them?

Yoko Ono, 06/19/12

Artiste

After John passed, I systematically smiled into the mirror every morning. My smile was forced and looked terrible. But as I kept smiling for some time, my smile became a natural smile. It not only became a smile with my mouth and my eyes, but my shoulders, my tummy, and finally, with my whole body!

Paul Rieckhoff, 06/22/12

Founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America

As Americans make their July 4th plans, it's time to change the dialogue about our nation's newest veterans.

Marisa Bennett, 06/22/12

Author

Check out these nine hot tips taken from Fifty Shades of Pleasure, and make your own sex life a best-seller!

Trita Parsi, 06/20/12

President, National Iranian American Council

The pattern of the past 10 years with Iran clearly shows that when one side escalates, the other side counter-escalates. Neither side has had a particularly elaborate or sophisticated strategy. It's been nothing more than a kindergarten-level tit-for-tat game. This is the takeaway from the Moscow talks.

Howard Fineman, 06/19/12

Editorial Director, AOL Huffington Post Media Group

The Prometheus of Greek myth was the titan who stole fire -- and a love of science and the intellect -- from the gods of Olympus. If Ol' Pro' saw this eponymous film, he might keep the fire but give the rest back.

Dr. Peggy Drexler, 06/22/12

Author, Research Psychologist, Gender Scholar

While many fathers of grown women still see themselves as their daughters' protectors -- which, again, is perfectly fine and understandable -- it's also necessary for a father to instill in his daughter the belief that she can be her own protector, too.

George Lakoff and Elisabeth Wehling, 06/18/12

Where Romney talks morality (conservative style), Obama mainly talks policy. Where Romney reframes Obama, Obama does not reframe Romney. In fact, he reinforces Romney's frames by repeating Romney's language word for word -- without spelling out his own values explicitly.

Lisa Belkin, 06/22/12

Senior Columnist on Life/Work/Family, Huffington Post

Several high-profile articles in the past few days have created one of those crystallizing moments -- a spotlight on the on the fact that work just doesn't work for so many of us. The more of these moments we have, the greater the chance that things actually change, so let's seize this one and keep talking.

Adam Winkler, 06/22/12

Professor of Law, UCLA

Studies show that, in the past, the solicitor general wins most of his cases. When he is a party to a Supreme Court case, the solicitor general wins nearly 70 percent of the time. This term that number looks to flip.

Sigourney Weaver, 06/20/12

Academy Award nominated actress

I am thrilled to learn that the U.S. announced that we will join a number of other countries to fund an international partnership that supports ocean acidification monitoring. Ocean acidification is an urgent threat to our planet's ocean life.

Mark Ruffalo, 06/18/12

Actor/Director

For too long, Main Street has been working in the interests of Wall Street when it should be the other way around. A Robin Hood Tax gives us an opportunity to rewrite that script and get America back on its feet.

Mark Teixeira, 06/20/12

First baseman, New York Yankees

Harlem RBI uses the power of teams to coach, teach and inspire youth to recognize their potential and realize their dreams -- just as baseball helped me to realize my dreams.

Ann Brenoff, 06/22/12

Senior Writer, The Huffington Post

Many years ago, on one of my first dates with my now-husband, he purchased discount movie tickets for us using his AARP card. Now as much as I hate getting ripped off by movie ticket prices, what I learned that day was that I hated being called a senior citizen even more. I made him return my ticket and pay full price.

Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, 06/21/12

Senior Religion Editor, The Huffington Post

At the heart of most Pride parades in America, you will see religious congregations marching. Unfortunately, like many of my sisters and brothers who identify as both LGBT and religious, I find that sometimes I am asked to choose between my identities.