I happen to believe that one of the great crises facing the planet is climate change. Donald Trump happens not to think that climate change is real. Hillary Clinton takes it seriously.

Americans' right to free speech should not be proportionate to their bank accounts.

The fossil fuel industry for too long has shifted enormous costs of carbon pollution onto the public.

Real change never occurs from the top on down, [but] always from the bottom on up.

We need a very progressive and strong agenda to bring people into the political process because I worry very much about the future of the American democracy where so many people are giving up.

Of course their [Cuba's] economy is terrible, but they have Health Care and education.

Fifty years ago, great schools like the University of California and the City University of New York - as well as many state colleges - were tuition free. Today college is unaffordable for many working class families. For the sake of our economy and millions of Americans, we must make higher education more affordable.