Speak out, educate, do not be intimidated by the apologists, and do not let extreme racism be mainstreamed. Hopefully there will come a time when we don't need to tell our kids that Halloween is no excuse for hate, and that blackface has no place in a civilized society.

You can bring your children under age 18 into the voting booth with you. Many families do so as a way to teach civic responsibility.

If we say we believe in equality for all then we must fight for equality for all, not betray our immigrant sisters.

'Man up' is a sexist term that should be retired along with all the other gender-based imperious imperatives.

Mitt Romney has won the 2012 presidential nomination by promising Republicans that he would end a so-called 'culture of dependency' on welfare - welfare defined as 'free stuff' and food stamps for poor folks, not tax breaks for Big Oil or tax shelters for Bain executives.

I co-founded the DNC Veterans and Military Families Council in 2005.

Being green and clean is not just an aspiration but an action.