Reading is the gateway skill that makes all other learning possible

That's part of what I tried to describe to my team and supporters after the election, there was a lot of disappointment.

Keep exploring. Keep dreaming. Keep asking why. Don’t settle for what you already know. Never stop believing in the power of your ideas, your imagination, your hard work to change the world.

I happen to be a proponent of a single-payer universal health care plan.

This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet.

Let's make two things clear: Isil is not "Islamic." No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of Isil's victims have been Muslim. And Isil is certainly not a state.

A relentless focus on the outward markers of success can lead to complacency. It can make you lazy.