American politics is always somewhat fluid. In this age of social media, it means that voters can swing back and forth.

Guaranteed, full stop, nobody gets treated differently when it comes to the Justice Department, because nobody is above the law.

Because of the internet and communications, the clash of cultures is much more direct. People feel, I think, less certain about their identity, less certain about economic security.

If you look at Libya, I was deeply concerned about what would happen after Qaddafi was gone.

It is time to do away with work place policies that belong in a Mad Men episode.

Climate change poses a direct threat to the infrastructure of America that we need to stay competitive in this 21st-century economy.

I don't want to exaggerate; having as many African American men as we've had in the criminal-justice system, and the amount of time it takes for the damage done by that to wash through our society and our communities, the disadvantages born out of kids being undiagnosed with mental-health problems early, or not getting the kind of exposure to reading and math when they're 4 or 5 or 6 years old, that carries a cost.