The Federal prison population has increased more than 7-fold over the past 20 years.

Giving a 10-year mandatory minimum for a second offense fist fight is not going to reduce the chance that someone will be stabbed 16 times when you are not funding any of the programs that are desperately needed to actually reduce juvenile crime.

We can play politics, or we can reduce crime.

While there are many obstacles that deter students from going to college, finances by no means should be the deciding factor.

The promise of equal educational opportunity envisioned by the Brown decision remains unfulfilled.

We can continue our progress as a Nation toward the promise that all people are created equal and that our Nation will treat every person in that spirit.

We live in an information and knowledge-based economy.