When Your House Is Burning Down, You

The Crisis In America That We Barely Notice Anymore Is That We've Become Two Nations - Divided By Poverty, Opportunity, And Race. It's Like A Neighbor's Car Alarm That We Don't Hear Anymore Because It Rings So Often.

America Being Behind France In Upward Mobility Is A Little Bit Like France Being Behind America In Croissants And Afternoon Sex.

Moving Forward, Investigative Journalists Need To Train Themselves To Be Media Amphibians - Just As Comfortable With The Classic Verities Of Great Journalism As They Are With Video, Twitter, Facebook, And, Most Importantly, Citizen Journalism.

The Huffington Post Investigative Fund's Goal Is To Produce A Broad Range Of Investigative Journalism Created By Both Staff Reporters And Freelance Writers, With A Focus On Working With The Many Experienced Reporters And Writers Impacted By The Economic Contraction. The Pieces Will Range From Long-form Investigations To Short Breaking News Stories And Will Be Presented In A Variety Of Media - Including Text, Audio, And Video.

I Failed, Many Times In My Life. One Failure That I Always Remember Was When My Second Book Was Rejected By 36 Publishers. Many Years Later, I Watched Huffpost Come Alive