To fix government, call in the geeks
Editor’s Note: Jennifer Pahlka is the founder, executive director and board chairwoman of Code for America, a nonprofit organization that provides fellowships for technology experts to work in city government.…
Will shootings affect French election?
Editor’s Note: Agnes Poirier is a French journalist and political analyst who contributes regularly to newspapers, magazines and TV in the UK, France and Italy. Follow her on Twitter @AgnesCPoirier…
Afghan army, police pose growing risk to U.S., NATO troops
Editor’s Note: Peter Bergen, CNN’s national security analyst, is a director at the New America Foundation. Jennifer Rowland, a program associate at the foundation and Eric Verdeyen, an intern, also…
What if Israel bombs Iran?
Editor’s Note: Gary Sick served on the National Security Council staff under Presidents Ford, Carter and Reagan, and was the principal White House aide for Iran during the Iranian Revolution…
Opinion: The challenges facing BlackBerry maker, RIM
Editor’s Note: Technology journalist Stuart Miles is CEO and founder of gadget review website Pocket-lint. He can be found tweeting at @stuartmiles. Story highlights The BlackBerry maker fights speculation that…
History shows U.S. inquiry could help defuse Trayvon Martin case
Editor’s Note: Nicolaus Mills, a professor of American Studies at Sarah Lawrence College, is the author of “Like a Holy Crusade: Mississippi 1964—The Turning of the Civil Rights Movement in…
Lottery buyers line up to pay a tax
Editor’s Note: Scott Drenkard is an economist at the Tax Foundation, a Washington-based tax research organization. Story highlights The Mega Millions lottery jackpot is at an estimated $640 million Scott…
JetBlue passengers reacted. Would you?
Editor’s Note: Jason Marsh is the founding editor-in-chief of the online magazine, Greater Good, published by the Greater Good Science Center. The center focuses on the “science of a meaningful…
Opinion: World must not forget Syria’s missing activists
Editor’s Note: Paul Conroy is a British photographer and cameraman who has worked in troublespots around the world. While working in Syria earlier this year for Britain’s Sunday Times newspaper,…
Three new rules for U.S. presidents
Editor’s Note: LZ Granderson, who writes a weekly column for CNN.com, was named journalist of the year by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and a 2011 Online Journalism…