Monday's Daily Brief

Monday, March 14, 2011 Arianna Huffington: Biz Stone And The Power Of Giving Back Arianna Huffington: At HuffPost, we've always aimed to be more than just a trusted source for news and information -- we've also wanted to be a catalyst for engagement. As such, we've worked to combine the power of social media and online journalism by taking our users beyond just reading stories about their community and their world, and providing ways for them to become involved in those stories. It's why we've decided to kick off the first official week of the new Huffington Post Media Group at AOL with a "30-Day Service Challenge" to all AOL/HuffPost employees worldwide, encouraging them to find ways to give back to their local communities. In addition, today on every section of HuffPost we're featuring stories about organizations and individuals who are taking action to help others. Plus, I have an exciting announcement about Twitter co-founder Biz Stone. WORLD Fukushima Explosion: Japan Nuclear Plant Rocked By Hydrogen Explosion (VIDEO) POLITICS State Department Spokesman P.J. Crowley Resigns SPORTS NCAA Tournament 2011 Bracket Revealed BUSINESS Hackers Plan Bank Of America Email Leak On Monday Exposing "Corruption And Fraud" TECHNOLOGY iPhone Clock Bungles Time Change BLOG POSTS Marcus Samuelsson: Giving Back: How You And The Food Community Can Help Struggling Families Imagine the economic impact it could have in our neighborhoods if we dedicated just a portion of our monthly expenditures to buying local. Robert Kuttner: The Continuing Mortgage Mess After the drubbing that the Democrats took last November, you would think that it might occur to the White House that it makes sense to be more clearly aligned with the interests of consumers. But that is still contested terrain. Diane Ravitch: Eight Civics Lessons from Governor Walker By his negative example, Governor Scott Walker has reminded us about the rights and obligations of citizenship and about the importance of standing up for the rights of children and workers to sustain a functioning democracy. Robert Alvarez: Meltdowns Grow More Likely at the Fukushima Reactors Given what's happening at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex, it's time for a serious review of what our nuclear safety authorities consider to be improbable, especially when it comes to reactors operating in earthquake zones. Sen. Bernie Sanders: Deficit Reduction Requires Shared Sacrifice The corporate media have been very lax in describing the devastating and unprecedented pain that the Republican House passed budget bill would bring. Let me briefly mention just a very few of their cuts. MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.COM PHOTOS: Devastating Shots Of Japan's Massive Quake Japan Earthquake 2011: Battered Country Faces Threat Of Nuclear Meltdown As Death Toll Rises Fukushima Explosion: Japan Nuclear Plant Rocked By Hydrogen Explosion (VIDEO) ON TWITTER WATCH: New Video From Inside Sendai Airport 50 Cent's Outrageously Offensive Japanese Earthquake Tweets Fukushima Explosion: Japan Nuclear Plant Rocked By Hydrogen Explosion (VIDEO) ON FACEBOOK Fukushima Explosion: Japan Nuclear Plant Rocked By Hydrogen Explosion (VIDEO) Japan Man Saved 2 Days After Being Swept To Sea By Tsunami Has The Lost City Of Atlantis Been Found?