Moving to Miami is hard. When I first arrived in 1999 I struggled. I had no money, knew few people, and didn't fit in with the jet-set crowd I encountered living on the beach.

J.J. Colagrande

Writer; Professor; Journalist; Author of the novels "Headz" and "Decò"

NPR and TEDWeekends have teamed up to explore the state of privacy today. It it worth fighting for? Or should we accept that sharing information, willingly (on social media, for example) or unwillingly (through government surveillance) is the wave of the future? An artist, a lawyer, a hacker, an economist and an entrepreneur share their ideas on the meaning of privacy in the 21st century.

TEDTalks

"Ideas Worth Spreading"

Why does this matter? Well, aside from the fact that claiming that we can choose to be queer (and, by extension, straight) fuels the barbaric practice of "conversion therapy," it can also have unthinkably terrifying consequences in other ways.

Noah Michelson

Editor, HuffPost Gay Voices

I have spent too much time and energy making myself feel inadequate and somehow lacking, and I know too many people who are great people, who are well-loved people, who also feel inadequate and somehow lacking. And it makes me sad and angry and frustrated... and absolutely determined to find a way to stop the madness.

Christine Organ

Author; Freelance Writer; Blogger

A hair tie. They come in packs of 50, 100; I'm pretty sure Costco even sells them in bulk! Yet when you only need one because your hair looks like it just flirted with the top of a balloon, they all seem to be playing an extraordinary game of hide-and-seek.

Jen Glantz

Author (All My Friends are Engaged) & Blogger (The Things I Learned From)

It took me a while to come out of my safety shell and start to enjoy life as a sober person. To see people again, in the "going out" kind of way. No wonder my friends are confused. They probably have no clue what the hell to do with me. Or what's appropriate and/or safe to say around me.

TueNight

You, Part Two.

The boy in me who was raised on Buddy Ryan football was shocked to hear himself say no. My ego and pride were alive with the notion that someone thought my son would be a good football player, but the idea of him banging his head into other people terrified me.

Scott Benner

Stay-at-home dad and author, Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal: Confessions of a Stay-At-Home Dad

For too many American women, the dream of "having it all" has morphed into "just hanging on." This is not about handouts. This is about smart economic policy. Working women are the core of our economy. Leave them out and you don't have a robust economy. Lead with them and you do.

Maria Shriver

Award-winning journalist, bestselling author and activist

I start by saying something silly, my normal approach to "helping" my wife. The opening salvo launched to combat her frustrations and unhappiness. I'm usually pretty deft at this dance, but this time she just looked at me and said, "Stop trying to fix me and LISTEN." She didn't say it angrily, she just said it matter-of-factly.

Doug Zeigler

In a smidge less than four months, I'll be a married lady. So far, in the past year of planning my spring wedding, I've learned more than just what kind of flowers and colors I do or don't like -- I've learned a few things about myself along the way too.

Alexandra Rosario

Blog Editor, The Huffington Post

These are the tastiest chicken wings in America, straight from the menus of some of the country's hottest kitchens.

Epicurious

If Rand and the GOP bring back a now 40-year-old Lewinsky and Bill's moral failings to campaign against Hillary, they will play into the Democratic distraction game.

Steven Kurlander

Attorney & Sm. Biz & Political Communications Strategist. Blogs for Huffington Post, Florida Squeeze & Context Florida

My name is Mayra Guadalupe Rubio Limon and I am a dreamer. When Congressman Joe Garcia (D-FL) asked me to join him at the 2014 State of the Union I was thrilled because I knew it would give me a chance to tell my story, and that of the 11 million others that have one just like it.

Mayra Rubio Limon

Student, Miami Dade College; Member, Students Working for Equal Rights

The streets where the presidential caravans will pass will be touched up, the asphalt addressed, the potholes and poverty hidden. The real Havana is disguised under another stage-set city, as if the dirt -- accumulated for decades -- was covered by a colorful and ephemeral tapestry.

Yoani Sanchez

Award-winning Cuban blogger

County commissioners are scheduled to make significant changes this week, including upgrading taxis and the technology inside them. Unfortunately, sometimes the most well-intentioned legislation creates unintended consequences when involving new technologies.

Luis Andre Gazitua

Miami Lobbyist and Government Affairs Lawyer