Reapportionment is not friendly to a lot of communities and it hasn't been too friendly to mine.

I, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase racism and discrimination from our society.

My father was absolutely no good.

The people who couldn't get out of New Orleans to escape the storm were predominantly Black.

I don't want to respond to rumors that have no basis at all... But I am willing to respond to questions that the public and the press should know.

Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day.

The use of our military in combat should first require declaration of war. I have long called for reinstating the military draft, simply because I believe strongly that a national decision to go to war must also include a broad commitment to share its burdens. Whenever Congress decides to fund a war or other U.S. combat activities, it must provide a means to pay for it-then and there-not later. If we don't have the will to fully share the burdens of war, then we have no right to send our sons and daughters into harm's way.