If You Want Extraordinary Results You Must

I Sit In The Senate, And See What Republicans Are Often Advocating, It's Those Kind Of Tax Loopholes For The Richest Of The Rich Or, Frankly, For Corporations And Giving Incentives For Them To Move Jobs And Opportunity Overseas.

I Think That We Need To Have An Honest Conversation In This Country. This Idea That Somehow We're Beyond Sexism, Beyond Racism Is Just Wrong. And This Is Where Having An Honest Conversation With White Men About Their Issues And Their Concerns, And Having Honest Conversations About The Experiences That African-americans Are Still Having, Despite Who's The President Of The United States, In The Criminal Justice System That We See In Sentencing, We See In Policing And A Lot Of These Issues.

Cynicism Cripples Our Imagination And Limits Our Ability To See Faint Possibilities Amidst Glaring Problems.

When You Have A President In His Campaign Who Ran Saying Things That Not Are Just Contrary To A Fact, But Literally Threatening To Use Presidential Power In A Way That Would Erode The Rights And Privileges And Equality Of Large Sections Of Americans, God Bless The Protestors.

The War On Drugs Is A War On People, But Particularly It's Been A War On Low-income People And A War On Minorities. We Know In The United States Of America There Is No Difference In Drug Use Between Black, White And Latinos. But If You're Latino In The United States Of America, You're About Twice As Likely To Be Arrested For Drug Use Than If You're White. If You're Black, You Are About Four Times As Likely To Be Arrested If You're African American Than If You Are White. This Drug War Has Done So Much To Destroy, Undermine, Sabotage Families, Communities, Neighborhoods, Cities.