One of the most powerful tools for empowering individuals and communities is making certain that any individual who wants to receive a quality education can do so.

When nearly a third of our high school students do not graduate on time with their peers, we have work to do. We must design our middle and high schools so that no student gets lost in the crowd and disconnected from his or her own potential.

I'm free. I'm free to say what I feel.

We all leave personal legacies for the people we know and love.

I want to work on respecting individuals' dignity. Equal rights, that's where my heart is. That means equal rights and benefits, and that's what we need.

We cannot say to one couple that their love is deserving of marriage and to another that their love should only be called a partnership. 'Separate but equal' is never equal. Children of same-sex couples should not grow up wondering why their family is treated differently from other families

There is just no reason why the richest nation in the world can't provide health care to all its people.