Political gerrymandering makes the incentive for most members of Congress to play to the extremes of their base rather than to the center.

This is where I think policies do need to be somewhat race-specific, is making sure that institutions are not discriminatory. So you've got something like the FHA [Federal Housing Administration], which was on its face a universal program that involved a huge mechanism for wealth accumulation and people entering into the middle class.

Political gerrymandering makes the incentive for most members of Congress to play to the extremes of their base rather than to the center.

We should foster a culture in which people's private religious beliefs, including atheists and agnostics, are respected. And that's the kind of culture that I think allows all of us, then, to believe what we want. That's freedom of conscience. That's what our Constitution guarantees.

I wouldn't advise [people] to be silent.

Time is running out for Iran to address the international community's growing concerns about its nuclear program.

What we have to do moving forward is to make sure that small businesses that account for most of the job growth in our economy are getting the kind of financing that they need.