Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer.

Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer.

After leaving law school, I intentionally said that I never wanted to hold a job more than six years.

The Bush administration is the most diverse in history because the president fills jobs on the basis of a person's capabilities and qualifications, not on the color of his or her skin.

For the first half of my adult life, I was a Democrat.

The largest challenge that we face, from my perspective, is the ability to continue moving forward so the agency will have a single mission: that is, to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing.

You can't rise as a class. You have to rise individually. It's what many of the civil rights-era people don't understand.